Come On Autumn!!

My beautiful Maple tree is finally the stunning scarlet color that I always wait for in October.  I just sit and stare at it sometimes.

Then, just as I’m reveling in all that gorgeous color…

November arrives and one by one the leaves start to…

fall.

Everything about Autumn is breathtaking to me–the crisp air, the sweet smelling rain, the overcast sky–as well as the falling leaves.

Luckily, we chose a tree whose leaves are a gorgeous on the branches…

as they are on the ground.

 

 

 

 

Not In Vain

Tracy in Kenya

If I can stop one heart from breaking,

I shall not live in vain.

If I can ease one life the aching,

Or cool one pain,

Or help one fainting robin

Unto his nest again,

I shall not live in vain.

~Emily Dickinson