Autumn Trees

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Originally uploaded by Piece Mama

As I was gazing up at this tree when taking the boys to the park before we began our homeschooling for the day, I so appreciated the colors and the transparency of the leaves. I wanted to capture their essence before the leaves fell. Autumn's my favorite season, perhaps due to the brilliant colors and the cool breezes and the sounds of the leaves shivering, causing us all to cozy up with one another a bit more. In honor of starting my blog, I found a poem by Joyce Kilmer, called Trees.

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

Enjoy the fleeting color whilst you have it, before the coming snow blankets. I hear the distant chimes swinging in the branches outside my window. Soon, I will warm up a pot of apple cider...