Yesterday on what will probably prove to be the last great weekend day for driving around the area and seeing the trees expending all their efforts to dazzle in oranges, yellows and reds, we took our annual color tour. Our annual Coloratoura. During the ride and the stop at a coffee shop along a local lake shore where we refueled with good coffee and very good pumpkin bundt cake with cream cheese frosting drizzled with caramel, we came up with a few Thoughts on Fall.
1. Fall is all about presentation. Find the winding back road through the country and traveling down and up and twisting and turning through a brightly colored day. Observe the leaves still on the trees as well as the drifts of bright color from the fallen leaves dancing across the road, swept to the side as we pass. Side note to this thought: fall is messy, but worth it.
2. Fall is a performance piece. You have to go out into fall to really appreciate the staging. Leaves fluttering down from the trees, yellow brightening when caught in the sun. If the temps are not too cold, roll down the window and hear the crunch of the leaves and the sound of distant flocks of geese heading out of Dodge. Catch the faint hint of wood smoke in the air or the acrid smell of burning leaves. See not only the vivid hues of the trees but the rich dark red of apples at a roadside stand next to piles of pumpkins. Maybe, if you're lucky, there will also be cider.
3. Fall is best when enhanced by good coffee and very good pumpkin bundt cake with cream cheese frosting drizzled with caramel.
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Yes, fall is beutiful...I just noticed when you posted this...do you not sleep? Wow, you are very poetic at 4 in the morning! If I had to wake up then, there would be a few more swear words in my blogging.... :)
If I could spell it'd be even better....beautiful...that's the word! UG.
I don't know why my posting time shows that I'm up at such an hour! I'm not. I posted at around 7:30AM.
Yes, fall is beautiful and so are you.
Have I ever told you, that I love that you are my aunt? :) XO!
I don't think you've said those words to me in that way, but you've always implied that you love that I am your aunt. Imagine how much I love that you're my niece. XO, too!
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