The wind and rain this weekend are doing their best to tear the color from the trees, but autumnal beauty persists into November here. It's a rule. How else would we manage to transition into the dark season?
Tom just reset all of the antique clocks in the house, so I think we are finished turning back time. No more daylight saved for this year. Too bad we couldn't have saved a few whole days of daylight from this summer, when we had an abundance, and plunked them down into dark November.
November is upon us.
I'll be away from blogging for a bit. We're hitting the road again. I'll see some of you on Facebook. Bye.
If you're getting lots of rain, I wonder how long it will be before a low pressure system develops drags it over the mountains and dumps snow on us.
ReplyDeleteThe colors are beautiful in your yard. We've had a light rain all day. Your Christmas cactus is beautiful. Someone else, Country Gal, I believe it was, posted about her Christmas cactus. Have a good trip!
ReplyDeleteYay for those Seahawks! How did the Sounders do? :-)
ReplyDeleteYour photos are just stunning! Your yard looks beautiful! XO
ReplyDeleteSo tired of this clock setting. I wish we no longer did that. And, yes, your window frames the tree so beautifully.
ReplyDeleteI love to see red leaves-we have so few here, enjoy your latest trip!
ReplyDeleteThe trees are beginning to fade, especially with the addition of some rain to bring them down.
ReplyDeleteNature is putting on quite a show here, too, and our maple outside my window is turning right before my eyes.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea of saving some whole days from summer for November and think that we should also be able to give summer some of November's rain! It's nice that autumn beauty persists into the end of November here. The business of November through the beginning of January helps keep our minds off the dark and by February, spring is here with it's promise of the growing season to come. Reminds me of one of the poems that I use with my kids this month. Tom probably remembers it, especially if he was a fan of using Nellie Edge stuff in his room.
ReplyDeleteNo green grass
No blue sky
No bare feet going by
No birds
No bees
No leaves on trees
November
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Hope you have a great trip and look forward to reading your posts when you return.
Lovely pictures of my favorite time of year. Have a great time, wherever you're headed. I especially enjoyed this post - the poignancy of it, and the beauty.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty pink fall rose. When we lived in Seattle sometimes we had roses up until Christmas. The wind here in Walla Walla has brought those beautiful leaves down around our ankles too. Still the piles of leaves have their own beauty.
ReplyDeleteLove your pictures, and have a great trip.
ReplyDeleteYou have Fall now and it is so pretty. We just have brown here now:(
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos! Have a wonderful time on your trip, Linda and Tom!
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