there's a crispness in the air...

..do you feel it?
or are you too busy to notice?







We're already into the final stretch to Thanksgiving.... can you believe it? Thanksgiving! I remember as a school girl the time between school starting (which ~ back in the day ~ was always the day after Labor Day) and the Thanksgiving Holiday seemed to take FOREVER!!!


Unfortunately, the minute the leftover turkey iand pumpkin pie is stored safely into the fridge our thoughts immediatly turn to
the next months holidays and the beauty of fall is forgotten. Here are just a few of my favorite images of the season!!!



Take just a few minutes to ENJOY!




❤

season of change.....

At one time autumn was my least favorite season. I felt a sense of loss just thinking about the leaves falling to the ground. I'm not sure how much of that was due to where I lived... In the Dallas/Ft Worth area we did experience some mighty fast falls! Like one day the leaves were green (or brown depending on the summer conditions) and the next day they were on the ground! And all the trees were like giant bare sticks coming out of the ground. Or if my appreciation has just come with age... the older I get the more I would just like to slow things down. Time... seasons... years... all just go by way too fast. Living up here in Cincinnati I can't help but take notice at how beautiful this season is!!!

And it is to be savored!!

until that last leaf has fallen...

enjoy!

❤

in search of color...

...

Saturday was the perfect day...

so we put the windows down in the car and set out..

looking for signs of the season...

and boy howdy..

did we find it!

It was a glorious day!

And the transformation

has just begun!

It won't last long...

so savor every minute of it!

I especially like this one.. obviously taken along the road as we were rolling by!

Reminds me of one of my favorite artist

Claude Monet

of course!

❤

gathering treasures of autumn...

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