Vermont summers are fierce and semi-tropical. Not in temperature or humidity, but in explosive plant growth. The growing season is short. Everything that grows here is intent on getting as big as it can as quickly as it can. The fields and forests burst with green. Grape vines climb the maple trees. Morning glories slither… Continue reading No more running
Tag: fall
Antidotes 2 and 3
My first orchid. It followed me home. Let's see how long I can keep it alive. Also, this song came on the radio the other day. It just makes me smile (And the video? Whoa. Let's just say it was a simpler time...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddnRtFd7Hps
Antidote
Oh gosh, today has Monday written all over it. It started cold and predictably grey after a week or more of dark and dreary days. Where's that brilliant October slant of light that's made to cheer us even as November stealthily stalks us? But I see a glimmer this afternoon, sunlight on the hills, picking… Continue reading Antidote
The urge for going
Caught off guard
The end of August. Just two weeks ago we were in the full langour of summer. And now? It's decidedly fall. You'd think after all these years I'd be used to the sudden tilt toward September, but it takes me by surprise every year. Unlike the linear transition from spring to summer, this time of… Continue reading Caught off guard
52 Weeks ~ Fall (41/52)
Last week it was winter. Today it feels like spring. It'll be winter again before the week is done. I guess it makes sense to post about fall today. And day dream about summer. http://youtu.be/f9_Fij0mW48
Wordless Wednesday ~ Fade into fall
I shall say this only once
I'm kinda looking forward to fall this year. I know! Who has taken over this blog, and what have they done with Rebecca?! I don't completely get it either, but I'm going to ride with this strange-but-nice feeling: not dreading the change of season, welcoming the cool breeze at night that suggests I tug the… Continue reading I shall say this only once