Autumn is my favorite time of year. Favorite. Fav.or.ite. I was Autumn one year for Halloween and I just might do it again. (It's battling for first place with being a good fairy. Autumn fairy? Mmm intriguing.)
Today is a balance point in the year, the time when light and dark come face to face in their seasonal dance and share a smile. Some people see it as a dreary time of year, full of dead plants and extremes in temperature (Indian Summer to "frickin' cold!" and back again) and dwindling light and daytime hours, and school. I had a discussion a few years back with a guy I had a crush on at the time about it. He was of the above opinion and at first couldn't see what I love it so much.
Well. Let us have a foray into the reasons! (Can you tell how giddy I am today? Oh, this is going to be a scatterbrained post, I can feel it.)
- The colors: dramatic and varied across virtually the entire spectrum, with of course an emphasis on the warm tones.
- Fruition: Autumn is a time for what has been planted to be harvested. Literally that means an abundance (*cue angel choir* Ahhhh!) of awesome and delicious food (and PIE). Metaphorically, it embodies someone I am constantly seeking in my life. It's my goal. I don't always complete things, but I'm always trying to "get where I'm going", and I'm trying to be better about manifesting (*angel choir*) my goals and desires. ... Dude, I'm totally going to get into my workbook today! Yes! But first, finish the blog post... And clear (*choir*) that off my list!
- Clearing: Clearing is another place I struggle. I kinda sorta maybe hoard things... a lot. It's not quite bad enough to be on TV, but it's close. I want to clear and be cleared--I function much better in a cleared space--I just.. struggle with it, you know? Like the sudden urge to go buy one of these awesome brooms they sell downtown... yeah. It must be resisted, especially since I already own one... it's just at work.
- Preparation: Autumn's a time to harvest, finish one's work, clear the fields and prepare them for the time of rest. It's the final stage and the first stage and another one I've struggled with. (You'd think I'd hate a time that symbolizes all these things I have problems doing. Apparently not!) I've seen time and again where a little preparation ahead of time would've put me in a much better position when the time came to act, and times when having done preparation made life so much easier! So it's a principle I love, I just need to work harder.
- Fresh pumpkin pie. It's gonna happen this year!
- The weather. Fog, crisp breezes, warm days, cool nights.
- Animals preparing for winter and thus out and about in search of food, like apples in my orchard.
- Orion. I have this weird obsession with the constellation of Orion, perhaps because when I was younger, it was so easy to pick out. Then I fell in love with archery. Whatever it is, every year I watch for the return of Orion and revel in his presence in the sky.
I was the ocean one year for Halloween. The whole ocean. :)
ReplyDeleteAutumn is Margaret's favorite, too. She has been talking about Halloween and autumn (NOT fall, she's an "autumn" snob) for months. Her Halloween costume has been decided on since January.
Ooo, how were you the whole ocean? Also, that is awesome. My affection for Margaret just grew five levels. :D
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