Autumn Wanderings

Autumn Wanderings

Autumn Wanderings.....my favourite season of all!

I'm a big kid at heart, walking along and kicking up the leaves, stopping to collect the best ones for me to press in-between pages of a book as a memory.

Many, many years ago, I remember wanting to create that memory with my little girl. I took her to the place I remembered going to as a child, just for that purpose, to 'kick up the leaves'. We then collected some leaves and made a collage of them and hung that collage on her bedroom wall.

I haven't changed, since I was a small child, immersed in the wonder of Autumn and the falling leaves in their richness of colour, red, brown, orange and gold.

Being a red head, this is MY season! I 'blend in'. I become one with nature, even more than every season before. I'm ready to embrace cozy moments, immersing myself in nature's transformation, and preparing for the colder months.

But, also a reckoning of, 'where has this year gone?!' I simply don't know, is the only answer I have.

I have begun to realise, as I've grown older, how fast the months whizz by. I know I will come to assess this year of 2023 on New Year's Eve...but let's not rush that one!

All I feel, is Nature's remit of shedding the old...in preparation for something new. I feel that too. Autumn symbolizes the cycle of renewal and growth. It's a beautiful reminder that letting go of the past can pave the way for fresh beginnings and growth in the seasons to come. The changing leaves and transitions in nature mirror our own journey of transformations and adaption.

As the trees let go of their leaves....so we may let go of friendships, relationships, projects that have served us well, but now it's time to let go and free ourselves for the new shoots that are to come - the new ideas, projects, relationships, friendships that will form our new path forward.

Let those things float to the ground, as beautifully as those falling leaves... they were beautiful, they thrived for their given time. Soon, the tree will be laid bare, raw, vulnerable...like us....ready for new growth and new beginnings.

To everything, there is a season.