I decided to participate in Nancy Merrill’s “Photo a Week” Challenge this year. Even though my camera is a constant companion, I have not done well with yearlong photo challenges. However, I’m inspired by my blogging friend Laurie’s completion of 52 weeks of photos last year, and I’m hoping to change that.
As I was driving last weekend, I noticed we’ve reached the stage of winter in which brown and gray dominate. I miss the brilliance of autumn, so I was pleased to find Nancy’s post coaxing us out of the dull gray and into the color of any of the other seasons with the prompt “opposite weather.”
I eagerly scrolled through my autumn photos and found two pics of oak leaves taken one brisk autumn morning just before Thanksgiving–my last shots of Autumn 2019.
The year’s last, loveliest smile,
Thou com’st to fill with hope the human heart,
And strengthen it to bear the storms awhile,
Till winter’s frowns depart.
John Howard Bryant, from “Indian Summer”
(often misattributed to his brother, Poet William cullen Bryant)
Enjoy, and be sure to tune in tomorrow for #ThursdayTreeLove!
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Back in Minnesota, it was all black, white, and gray at this time of year. Or it felt that way, even if it wasn’t literally true. It depressed the hell out of me, but even I had to admit that it had a stark beauty.
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I do know what you mean. I have a whole wall in my office decorated with bright yellow sunflowers to combat the bleakness of the season (and plus, it makes me happy to see it all year long). While I do see beauty in the trees and barren fields, I have not seen here in the Deep South the all-around stark beauty of winter in other parts of the US.
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Here in Cornwall, the first flowers are out. I think it’s spring. Everyone else thinks I’m nuts.
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Nothing wrong with being hopeful!
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Luscious! 🙂
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