November Reflections

Ah November!   when glorious Earth shouts a last hurrah! 

and beauty fades to a more tattered and well-worn form.

when whoosh!  leaves abandon trees

and the wind in a blustery whirl bites cheeks

I'll sit by the fire contemplating and dreaming of what is past and what is to come

and hope for life's miracles to reveal themselves.

Soon silence will have passed into legend.  Man has turned his back on silence.  Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation.

~Jean Arp

My Blogging Business Artisans team sets forth a new Challenge every month.  The purpose is to encourage us to explore our creativity, to stretch our imaginations.  Perhaps we are re-working something we've done in the past or still do.  Perhaps we're making something entirely new.  
It's always fun to see how others interpret the Challenge!

The Blogging Business Artisans team Challenge for the month of November was created by me.

November is a time of changes.  In much of the Northern Hemisphere, the weather turns colder and we begin to look inward.  Through your art, express what this means to you.

I am inspired by beauty in the world-- and relationships.  Instead of being specific, I am encouraging myself to reflect and letting my imagination run and my dreams percolate.  I am hoping for renewal of spirit and mind.

QUESTIONS:  
What inspires you?
What renews your spirit?
How do you reflect?

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nature's sculpture

As the world begins to sleep, nature reveals her faded beauty.

Wordless Wednesday/Wordy Wednesday--where I linked up:

Create With Joy

A Southern Daydreamer

ABC Wednesday  This week's challenge is the letter S.  S is for nature's Sculpture.




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Autumn colors

early September off-roading in Dixie National Forest in beautiful Southwestern Utah.  What glorious Autumn colors!

This post is for SkyWatch Friday hosted by Yogi.  Come join this awesome meme and meet folks from all over the globe.


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mums!

Wordless/Wordy Wednesday--where I linked up:

Create With Joy (Kitty photo bomber!)

A Southern Daydreamer  (time for the fair!)

ABC Wednesday This week's challenge is the  letter N.  (stretching just a little!) N is for Nature.




photo by me  © 2016  all rights reserved

nature wandering

On a beautiful Fall day, my husband and I meandered around the Cincinnati Nature Center.  We inhaled October's loveliness and delighted in its abundant gifts.   

Here are a few snippets from that hike.

                                              

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers."

~ L M Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

LINK:

Cincinnati Nature Center

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October memories

October... 

with its rich azure skies

clouds of marshmallow fluff

leaves of brilliant hues

October...

when foliage sheds flawless exteriors

critters munch and crunch 

harvest is plentiful

October...

filled with pumpkin-y decor

bright faces appearing at the door

splendor galore!

Autumn is giving lavish birth
beguiling me with its wild mirth!

My Blogging Business Artisan team on etsy hosts a new Challenge every month.  The purpose is to encourage us to explore our creativity, to stretch our imaginations.
Pam of Magdalene Knits gave us the following Challenge for the month of October:

"There are so many delightful and frightful topics for October.  A time when there is a change in the air, fresh pumpkins, donuts, apple picking, pumpkin patches, and a time of 'bewitching!'  I have so many wonderful memories of these.  Share your October memories."

QUESTION:  What inspires you to create?

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Splendid Autumn

I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.

~L. M. Montgomery

Listen!  The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves,

We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!

~ Humbert Wolfe

Delicious autumn!  My very soul is wedded to it and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.

~ George Eliot

I'm still getting yummy produce from my garden.

a walk in the woods of North Carolina

a luscious Autumn wedding cake

Autumn is a swirl of colors and scents, awakening the senses to the earthiness of the world and the possibilities of delights. Summer lingers yet the air hints of chill to come.

This post is for the Blogging Business Artisans Team Challenge for the month of October.  Judy of Mister Pen Quin  (blog--This Creative Journey) states:
Fall is in full swing by the time October rolls around.  Create something that reminds you of Fall through your senses--visually by smell or by touch.  If you prefer, write a post that celebrates the sensory appeal of autumn.

photos by me © 2013-2015  all rights reserved

October skies

my backyard--only a couple weeks ago.  Now the leaves have mostly fallen.  The tall tree with green leaves near the right side is a black walnut.  I love the brilliant blues of October skies and the gloriously colored leaves.  Now it's November and most of the leaves have blown off the trees.

Wordless Wednesday/ Wordy Wednesday--where I linked up: 

 

The Art and Tree Chatter of Aquariann





Create With Joy






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xanthophyll

...a yellow carotenoid plant pigment that causes the autumn color of leaves

This color is masked by chlorophyll in the summer.  Xanthophylls aid in the absorption of light by capturing specific wavelengths and rapidly transferring this energy to chlorophyll. 

This photo was taken about two weeks ago.  Now most of the leaves have fallen off the trees.  There are still some beautiful red leaved maples.  The pear trees have only just begun to turn red.

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter is  "X."  Come visit others' submissions HERE  and join in the fun!  

iPhone photo by me  © 2014   all rights reserved 

delicious Autumn

Autumn means gloriously Fall-colored produce--orange, gold, cinnamon, burgundy, deep purple, scarlet.  These were recently bought at Finn Meadows Farm, a local organic farm owned by my friends.  I belong to a vegetable CSA-- Community Supported Agriculture.  I love the way they run the CSA because I get to choose what I want.

Ѽ orangey-beige squash and other squashes including 2 kinds of pumpkin, a red/green pepper and a deep purple one (green inside), 3 colors of carrots (burgundy ones are orange on the insides), a long pink and white radish, and a deep red beet Ѽ
visually pretty and yummy, too! 

It's Fall Break over at Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday!  "For this week our Fall break theme is Anything Autumn. Your post can be about anything related to Autumn in your own life... Halloween, pictures, stories, recipes...whatever strikes your fancy."
Come and join in the fun!  See more entries HERE.  You will be charmed and even enlightened in a delightful way!  Our generous Ms. Jenny is having a giveaway, too!  yipee! 
link to Finn Meadows Farm

photo by me © 2011

simple autumn beauty

grasses sway in breeze

leaves crumble into color

vibrant berries boast

It's Fall Break over at Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday!  The theme is Autumn Colors.  Come and join in the fun!  Your post can have anything to do with Autumn color.  Pictures, poems, stories, recipes...whatever strikes your fancy.    See more entries HERE.  You will be charmed and even enlightened in a delightful way!  There's even a giveaway!

I'm also linking up with SkyWatch Friday. Come join this awesome meme SkyWatch Friday and link up!  SkyWatch Friday is hosted by Wren, fishing guy, Sylvia, Klaus, and Sandy.

PS:  if you're wondering what the heck my "abstract" and "round" photos are, they are revealed HERE!

PSS:  My friend Linda is having a giveaway on her blog!  Come see HERE!

photos by me ©  2009  poem by me ©  2011
apron photo © by Linda Pruitt 2011