It seems like fall just happened in the past week. The leaves are turning, the nights are crisp and clear, and now that the time has changed everything feels like it has fallen back into place for the winter. It feels restful. Unhurried.
I took the boys for a walk tonight through the leaves that had fallen on the sidewalks around our neighborhood. They were bundled in their winter coats, scooting their tiny feet through the piles of leaves that had been left there by neighbors to busy to rake them up. The moon was visible, the air clear. It was dark, and it felt much later than it was. My rosy cheek little ones were cold and tired. Content, begging for a warm bath and footy pajamas.
I loved it. It was the best time of my day.
3 comments:
Isn't fall a great time of year? You did describe it beautifully. Back a few years, after the Mayflower, when I was a boy, fall was the time when everyone racked their leaves along the streets and burned them. It smwlled like fall and those leaves really did sort of scoot around between your feet as we would walk along. That brisk evening air was filled with the smell of fall and the nesting instincts came to life. We can't burn leaves anymore because of the environment and all those EPA regulations but we can still go way back in our minds and dream of simpler times. Glad you had a good walk and know those jammies felt real good. Love, Dad
Isn't it wonderful, this time of year?! I love it too, as well as my 3 lil ones. We went for a walk just yesterday and about froze with the wind. Not before we found a neighboring HUGE pile of leaves for the kids to jump in. But of course, not before the 2 lil boys who worked so hard to get the pile soooo high decided to stand there, arms crossed with fierce frowns! Needless to say, we left their pile, me kicking leaves back high and crossed the street to the next one! It was fun watching them bury each other and making 'leaf angels', you know, instead of snow angels? :)I loved our visit today, lets do next Tues! Love, Missy
sounds like it was fun
xx
shona
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