Autumn Blessings~ Enjoying the Last of Warm Weather

Dear Friends,

We've been spending as much time in nature as possible these past days, while the weather has been fine. We had a light freeze the other night, but thankfully we'll be warming back up into the 70s for a while, before Madame Winter comes on the scene.

 (Photos from a recent nature excursion to Swope Park, the largest park in Kansas City)

Every year at this time we feel a longing to stay in the embrace of the sun for as long as possible, to listen more closely to the crickets and cicadas, and to drink in the sights and scents of green, growing things just a little bit longer. We feel as one feels after a nice long visit with a friend who is going away for a long while, and whose leaving will leave a space in our hearts that only he can fill.

As much as we love the cozy layers of winter with its daily hot soups and baked goods, fresh from the oven, we always miss the freedom of open windows, line-dried laundry, and feet who love the feel of the earth.

May we learn wisdom from the trees and animals around us, and gracefully embrace the changes that are inevitable as the daylight ebbs and darkness once again stakes its claim upon the earth.

"Nature is forever arriving and forever departing, forever
approaching, forever vanishing; but in her vanishings there
seems to be ever the waving of a hand, in all her partings a
promise of meetings farther along the road."

-- Richard Le Gallienne

Love and blessings to you,

Marqueta