Stark Message

                              This tree caught my attention on my walk last week.....
                            brave beauty seems enhanced by a certain vulnerability.

                                                       
I stare at it's bare and gnarled limbs, feeling a strange connection to it's condition.
I study it's offering,trying to figure out what kind it is.

                                                                     

                                    Fruit clings and holds on, even though the tree is bare.
                                                                   It offers and gives. 

                                                               

                                       For it isn't wealth that makes us generous,
                                           It's generosity that makes us wealthy.

 Aren't nature's lessons always the most profound?

                                                        

Falling Fast

                                            It's Fall.
 The sky wrestles between moody greys and opulent clouds.The sun comes out in short intervals as  it   adjusts    to it's reprieve as well.

                             

 The corn fields stand in silent surrender,awaiting the reaper.

  

The forests and woodlands burst with stunning vibrancy.                The magnificent colours sweep the landscape 
               with a grand gesture of benevolence.

The gardens have a weathered appearance . Bravely the flowers bloom on ,as if completely unhindered by the sudden chill in the air.






          





   Lamenting is useless. Completely unnecessary.
Tears and joy mingle to imbue the present with raw beauty.

Only when we have come to the place where we can say,"yes, it is all beautiful.
The hope, the passion,  the thriving,  the surrender."



                                        via google


We humbly whisper "thank-you" in awe and adoration.
                                             



more gratitude,17.family time,18.friend time,19.pumpkin parfait,(a yummy dessert:)20.creative children,21.thanksgiving dinner at sister's 22.being able to cuddle a baby in the nursery,23.reading to girls at bedtime,24.a ride for daughter stranded at school,25.eggs from our chickens,26.music and silence.27.Divine protection.28.Helping hands to empty out the garden.
                                     
                                                            (a few weekend pics....)