This October takes the cake for beautiful months. There are still some leaves hanging around, though most are gone. The air this morning was crisp - about 55 when I set out for my run. Ran down to Hamel and back and a littler farther - enough to make 5 miles. Everywhere I looked there was something beautiful to see in nature: from wooly worms to very sluggish grasshoppers (surely both on their last legs), a horse and a goat and some sheep grazing amid the brown grass, two beautiful cows that our neighbors have just put in their pasture, the blue sky with a pattern of puffy cloud, the empty fields and the sun shining bright. Very nice!
Nothing like fall in the midwest.
ReplyDeleteAlways been my favorite.
I remember going to college in Denton, Tx (north of Dallas) and experiencing the blue of prairie falls. Lost them when I returned to Galveston Bay Area upon graduation.
Moving to Illinois in 1993 brought these wonderful falls back to me. Thank you for reminding me to take a moment to rejoice in them and give thanks.