My favorite season is in full color: AUTUMN. This photo is looking across our hayfield. I took it last Thursday while it was very windy and raining leaves. I think Autumn is even more temporal than Spring. Each day less and less is golden. Each day more vitality is lost for the year. With Spring, each day unfolds the promise further. Autumn requires us to say goodbye. Today the wind is blowing again and whole trees are bare now. The Ash and Basswood are the first to fall. The Aspens are still green. When most of the other trees have lost their beautiful leaves, the Aspens will stun the barren dun-colored landscape with brilliant yellow. As they shed their color it looks like gold coins are falling from the sky. Each day I can see farther into the forest. The atmosphere thins and the air becomes crisp. No wonder civilizations considered Autumn to be the one time of year when the veil between this world and then next is the most transparent. As the chlorophyll dies in each leaf, more light can pass through. Foliage seems lit from within. As the density of the forest decreases, we can see through that which could not be penetrated by light or view before. My birthday is approaching. I naturally begin to reflect upon my life before I turn a year older. Maybe it is the season. It seems all of Nature is gathering herself to the quiet refuge of slumber. But before she rests, Nature says her prayers and praises God.
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Beautiful thoughts and photo, Sabrina -- and how did you get that perfectly colorized "AUTUMN"? What day is your birthday? My SIL's, mom's and grandma's are in Sept., my husband's is in Oct., me and my dad celebrate in Nov. (as did my grandpa, who lived to age 103), and my son's and MIL's are in Dec. Busy time of year in our family!
My b-day is towards the end of October. But selfishly I consider all of Autumn to be MY season. :)
All you have to do to get the different colored word is highlight each letter individually and then choose a color for it. Have fun trying it out.
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