Autumn In Everything

"Days decrease and autumn grows, autumn in everything."

~Robert Browning

The sun is finally shining again. The smoke from the wildfires has cleared, so that autumn light, that always starts in late august, is free to come through the bedroom window.That window has the morning light, and the autumn light hitting the mirror is so pretty. It's easy to wake up happy when that's the first thing you see in the morning.

I am beginning to see little bit of autumn everywhere. In the trees. In the colors catching my eye. In silly disregard chairs. In the fruits and veggies at Central Valley fruit stands. In fish at the cute little Oakdale Cheese and Specialties, in Oakdale, California. We visited there last Saturday, and even the Koi in the pond had me thinking of autumn, which is on a breath away. 

I always think of autumn as the great corrective of the year. The Equinox will fix it, whatever "it" is. This year, there is a lot of pain caused by the pandemic and wildfires. Life during the pandemic and all the Trump drama has made life so difficult, but hope is waiting like a superhero, and in just a few weeks it will fly in, and with it comes everything I love, including vacation, and while everything is Covid-19 hesitant, and scaled down, leaf peeping remains constant. I picked a good subject to specialize in. Wonderful, glorious, magnificent autumn in all it's beauty. That's one thing the pandemic can't touch. 

Autumn in everything. 

Things are going to get better. In time.

Carly
August 27th, 2020
Stockton, California

#PhotoByRequest "Small Spaces"

"Such days of autumnal decline hold a strange mystery which adds to the gravity of all our moods."

~Charles Nodler

Smarra and Trilby

I love this week's challenge. "Small Spaces" gave me a chance to learn about this pretty bench, which come to find out is not just a bench, but also a lovely work of public art. It sits at the corner of Ben Holt and Pershing, here in Stockton, and has caught my eye since day one of living here. It has butterflies on it, so of course it would catch my eye! Stockton has lots of public art, but it can sometimes be difficult to track down information about individual pieces. This one has taken me four years. I think I am going to be friends with this one for a long time. I must do a more in-depth photo shoot soon! 

My second photo pays tribute to another sign of Autumn in the Central Valley, the closures of the small summer fruit and vegetable stands. This cute stand is in the town of Davis, just north of the University of Davis. I haven't purchased from it before, but you can bet I will be giving it a try next summer! It's something to look forward to, that will lead me back to my beautiful autumn yet again.

 #25 Leaf Of The Day

October 17th 2019

Ione, California

Nikon

~Mood: Happy
~Me   :)