here in new england, we are in the throes of our first-of-the-season winter storm warning - and it's not even time for the season to begin. if you've been reading these ramblings for any length of time, you know i have a love/hate relationship with snow. normally i anticipate the first flakes with glee and, when it arrives, i am wonderstruck all over again. but this year feels different already. i think it's because i haven't had november yet. i need time to linger in the garden, bedding plants down for the cold, to collect the spent seeds and package them up for spring. time to tidy up the yard and pile away the adirondack chairs and push the little girl one more time before the swing comes down. time to take a last walk in the woods in the quiet, leafless sunshine to collect greens and twigs and vines for the winter window box. i need time to pause, quietly, and wait for winter to begin. i need my november and, if the forecasts are indeed correct, this may be the year november doesn't happen.
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Since my foot injury I have accepted that my flower beds will be ignored until spring. Ah well...
Tabor, if there were a way your blogger friends could help you with that task virtually, it'd be done this morning! i do so hope you feel better and heal quickly.
I couldn't agree more! The photo in your post is beautiful!
I love November too. It is bttersweet though since I know I will have to store away all my beloved fall decorations. Fall is my FAVORITE season. I guess Winter is next then Spring and Summer is my LEAST favorite! I suppose we need them all......
~she~: there's actually a mountain with snow in the distance, pretty close to the center of the shot. that's what i was trying to capture - but i had the cheesy camera and/or the mountain was just too far away. glad you like it anyway!
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