Autumn...

It is cooler here today.  Big storm coming in.

Got word from Juan.  He is in Madrid now.  

Got a nice hotel right in the center of things

this time and can walk to any site he desires.

Not as cold there either.  His text messages were

funny but at the same time, I was truly concerned

for him.  Thankfully, in Spain, he can speak the 

language too!  

With the storm coming in, my kids asked me when 

winter is due to arrive? Too soon, I'm afraid.  

Autumn is my favorite season, and, this year,

 it feels like we never really had one.  Winter will

make it's debut in just a few shorts weeks.  This made me

think of something I wrote a few years back about my

love for the "turning of the leaves", and how I long 

for a real visit with my favorite time of year...

Autumn

It was a perfectly lovely autumn day over our way.

Got sunburned on my face because I kept looking up

to feel the sun on my face, and the cool breeze.  It is the

beginning of my favorite season, autumn.  Every year,

no matter what kind of craziness is going on

in my life, I am always brought to a much welcomed halt

by mother nature's prettiest guest of honor.  Still don't 

know if it is the warm colors that roll in as the turning of

the leaves take place, or maybe it's the evening sky; 

I'll walk at night and find myself lost, in awe, of my true

enjoyment as the crisp air whips around me, and I think,

maybe God took a paintbrush, dipped it in white

paint and flicked it up at the night sky, and we now call

those flecks stars.   Whatever the reasons, it puts me in

a wonderfully pleasant place.  Maybe I'll make a pumpkin pie!

From our home to yours, may your hearts be filled with the

warmth of Thanksgiving and your tummies filled with all the 

yummy goodies that come with it!    Happy Thanksgiving!