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Tag Archives: Autumn
Crows & Leaves
“On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.” – Basho It’s the first day that feels like fall – we woke to a tropical-like rainfall that fell in cool, misty sheets rendering the dark green forest in … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel
Tagged Autumn, crows, enchantment, forest, gifts, harvest, leaves, light, loss, magic, rememberance, seasons, storms, trees, wind
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Longing
“ Every leaf speaks bliss to me. Fluttering from the autumn tree.” – Emily Bronte, “Fall , Leaves, Fall” During the last days of summer, I decided a wander through the tiny garden patchwork of our neighbourhood and the still … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, bliss, breathe, joy, light, longing, magic, mounted horses, Narnia, stanley park, tea, transition, trees, Urban Forest Cafe, writing
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Dive Deep
“ The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.” – George Sand On a rare downtown visit as the summer season waned, I found myself sitting on the Vancouver Art Gallery Cafe’s terrace after a tasty lunch … Continue reading
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Tagged Appearances, art, Autumn, beauty, cabin fever, change, city life, culture, family, friends, love, magic, stanley park, transformation, Vancouver, writing
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Awaken
“ There is a time in the last few days of summer when the ripeness of autumn fills the air.” – Rudolfo Anaya The marine air that we were promised has come to blow the coastal smoke away, although there … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, birdlife, foreboding, forest, forest fires, green spaces, Harry Potter, picnics, reading, red sun, September 1st, Summer, trail walking, woodsmoke, writing
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Winter’s Light
“ The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.” – James Gates Percival Fortified with a late cup of fragrant … Continue reading
Storm Season
“ Find a part of yourself hidden in the twilight.” – Fennel Hudson, Traditional Angling -Fennel’s Journal – No. 6 With the change back to standard time barely upon us, I woke recently to a darkness in our room that … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, cafe, Harry Potter, home, hot chocolate, nature, November, questions, storms, tea, Thanksgiving, trees, twilight, Vancouver, writing
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Traveller with Limited Vision
She makes her way, unafraid a square white sign taped to her metal walker, trusting that those who head in her direction will honour safe passage. Amid the roar of the rough ocean a flock of geese fly overhead as she … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, companion, compassion, courage, dusk, eyes wide open, freedom, humanity, inspiration, life, Lost Lagoon, nature, travel, Vancouver, wildlife
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Signposts
There are paper lanterns strung across the front of an old brick building, their delicate watercolour painted facades hiding moonstruck light, if I hadn’t looked up, I would have missed the mystery floating there. It’s easy to see the variegated … Continue reading
Unsettled Landscapes
“ We live in a world that is beyond our control, and life is in a constant flux of change. So we have a decision to make: keep trying to control a storm that is not going to go away … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, books, change, children, city of glass, greed, homelessness, hot chocolate, humanity, poverty, rain, Shangri-La, Vancouver, walking, writing
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Dancing in the Dark
“ So the darkness shall be the light and the stillness the dancing.” – T. S. Eliot Summer has returned for a few days, giving us a chance to go on one more picnic in the park, drink another iced chocolate and feel … Continue reading