Friday, October 3, 2008

Talking Leaves

The leaves are talking right now. They are telling us that the days are growing shorter, the nights longer.

They are saying: Spin crazily in the breeze now, because the sunshine will soon be scarce.

Shed your normal coloring and dress yourself in your most vibrant hues. Mix crazily with your friends in tangled piles.
Let raindrop orbs settle on your skin.
And spread out flat to catch the waning rays, filling veins with precious life.

5 comments:

Margie Oomen said...

the leaves are telling me they are very happy that patricia et al are out enjoying their splendor , talking fantastic portraits and even writing to tell us about them. So happy to see your post this morning and I absolutely adore that mushroom / leaves photograph. I might just need to beg for that one to. Please!!!!

Linda Summerfield said...

You have really captured the beauty of fall.

mayaluna said...

What a lovely story the leaves told you...and how beautifully you captured it in photos. I loved them all, but that crowd of "standing tall" mushrooms is my favorite too!

Heleen said...

don't you just love autumn! Thanks for the lovely pictures.

Anonymous said...

And I thought I was a nature nut, but you have a way of putting words to what you are seeing that seems so observant and so intuitive to the senses. But sometimes those senses get buried under our hurried and busy lives. Thanks for bringing them back into the light of fall!