The Bottle ~

 

You number and record my wanderings;

put my tears into Your bottle -- are they not in your book?

Psalm 56:8

Seeing Red ~

it's

said

there will be

snow

today

no

measurable amount

 

at least

that's

what they said

but

just in case

here's

a little shot

of autumn's flaming red

A Change ~

“Find beauty

not only

in the thing itself

 but

in the pattern of the shadows,

the light and dark

which that thing provides.”

Junichiro Tanizaki 

~ ~ ~

As November approaches

color

moves inside

 

Light, Shadow and Mortality

{click to enlarge}

a

golden reminder

of

mortality

and

a new season to come

A Path ~

"If you can find a path with no obstacles,

it probably doesn't lead anywhere."

Frank Howard Clark

~ ~ ~

May you be blessed

with

insight

as you walk

through your days

 

Anticipation ~

company's

headed this way

my

arms and heart

are

open wide

eager for her arrival

~ ~ ~

a true friend is a gift from God

Just Wondering ~

who

is this arm-weary

lady

tugging reticent frost-bitten

plants

from

the ground

and

why doesn't she seek warmth

from

the autumn-chilled air

before the sun

disappears

he

wondered

as he braved a closer

look

at the crest of the hill

"it's you"

"you're the why"

her heart

quietly smiled
in reply

~ ~ ~

he thought it best

to return

to the others

at the edge of the woods

 ~ ~ ~

this is part of LL Barkat's

On, In and Around Mondays

please

feel free to join her

~ ~ ~

and it's all of you who visit

here

who make my heart smile as well

For the Hard Places ~

may you

bloom

and

bear light

as

you

pass through

the

hard places

Gratitude ~

my

grandson

riding

his bike over

on

a

chilly October day

just one

of

the multitude

of things

I am

grateful

for

October's Blue ~

written

by

Helen Hunt Jackson

 these brilliant blue

October days

bring

precious memories

of my mother

and

this poem

that

she taught

to

her elementary pupils

~ ~ ~

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