"Wind warns November's done with.
The blown leaves make bat-shapes, web-singed and furious."
~Sylvia Plath
I was in Quincy, in late October, and I was losing the light quickly. I had to hurry to get all the pictures I could, and play in those beautiful leaves as long as possible! Truth is, there would never be long enough of any autumn day for my liking. The seasons of summer and autumn always seemed backwards to me. Summer gets the long hot days, when you can't think straight from the oppression of heat, and the only real color is green.
What was God thinking, putting this overwhelmingly beautiful season in front of us, and not giving us enough time to see it at our leisure? I am basically in the autumn of life, and I want to cling to it. I am smarter now, then at any other time of my life, and wouldn't go back to stupid spring for anything. Autumn is wisest season, but by the time one realizes it, it's cold and dark, and winter comes, and time goes deeply quiet. I am going to photograph autumn, for as many years I have left!
Never, ever, waste an autumn day,
no matter what the weather is, or how much sun is left.
It's all a gift.
#3 Leaf Of The Day
December 3rd 2017
Placerville, California
Mood: Quiet
~Me
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