Last week I visited one of my favorite places. The colors were popping, the weather was fine, and walking under the tall trees that grow there filled me with

Big Woods Wonder.

I’ve shared photos of these woods often, usually from springtime when the canopy is just beginning to fill in or from autumn when the leaves are turning shades of red, orange, and gold. These woods are one of my favorite places to spend time in the spring and fall. (Summer brings too many mosquitoes to spend much time there.)

Today I am simply sharing some of my favorite images from my walk there last week. I plan to return again tomorrow or the next day for another hike. And because of how quickly things change this time of year I expect many more leaves on the ground.

I don’t have a lot of thoughts about the season to write about or deep thoughts to share. Though I am glad that I voted early I worry more than I would like about the upcoming election. I am working on saying “Yes” to everything, including whatever happens in the next month while I continue to focus on being a person of love and good will. I will endeavor to walk through this world one step at a time doing the next right thing whatever that is.

Yes To the Season

The wide world awaits today,

with changing leaves and a

sky so pure and blue I could

lose myself in an instant of

true seeing. Dew sparkles

in the grass, and the iridescent

back of the one remaining

hummingbird flashes in the sun.

It’s as if the day itself issues

an invitation to be present

and awake. My RSVP is

immediate and certain.

Yes to the season and its

underlying energy. Yes to

the moment and the secrets

it may hold. Yes to cold,

star-strewn nights and the

knowing that the love field

is just beyond my physical

sight, a gift from the Infinite

that never grows old.

Danna Faulds

May you walk in beauty.


Marilyn

Photographer sharing beauty, grace & joy in photographs and blog posts. I live in the Twin Cites in Minnesota, the land of lakes, trees, and wonderful nature.

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