Greetings, Autumn!

Another summer has slipped by and been replaced by autumn...cooler nights, bluer skies, colorful trees...slower paced days...all of these things are welcome, if somewhat bittersweet.  I remember when I was younger, telling my Grandma Evenson that fall was my favorite season.  She smiled at me and replied "there will come a day when it won't be"....I now understand what she meant ~ of course, she was comparing it to the seasons of her life, which were nearing the final ones she would see.  And slowly I am feeling the same way, with autumn also bringing a sense of urgency to live my life more with the motto of "if not now, when?" - than with the "someday!" frame of mind!

A photo from the first frost of last fall, November 2013...