Saturday Photo: What's Left As November Begins

Grasses still stand tall many places, despite the November rain, and moments of frost.  
 

Saturday Photo: Fall Colours in the Sky

Don't know why this should be, but it seems to me that we get some glorious sunsets in early November.  Here's an example of one from a couple of years ago.

Would be nice to think that somehow the sky is reflecting the trees that blaze this time of year in this climate.  

I do know that the day that Leonard Cohen was buried ten years ago, the sky blazed. His death on Nov. 7, 2016 had not been announced, but as it happened I drove past the cemetery on Mount Royal where he is buried late that afternoon.  When his family announced the news of his death, I couldn't help applaud the coincidence of his demise and the glory in the sky.  
 

Saturday Photo: A Rose by Any Other Name, Or What to Do When the Pumpkins Are Sold Out

Even though our kids are long grown-up and their kids are busy with other things, I like to do the Halloween thing.  Pumpkin, candy, front porch light on invitingly.

But this year I put off buying a pumpkin until too late:  the only ones in our immediate neighbourhood were huge, or from California so I decided to do something different.

Luckily we have a nice glass front door on which we've often displayed artwork.  So I got a sheet of poster board and cut out a pumpkin.  Looks rather nice, I think, but it remains to be seen whether the kids (and there are far fewer than formerly, kids grow up and move away) stop by to see what we're offering.

 Doesn't look bad, though, does it? 

Saturday Photo: Sere Beauty of the Fall

The colours have passed their peak but the beauty continues.

This photo was taken at sunrise a couple of years ago, but I'm using it again because I think it captures the pared-down glory of the after-Autumn.
 

Saturday Photo: Countdown to Halloween

 Still about two weeks to go before Halloween but  a lot of folks have started celebrating.  This stack of lovely pumpkins and gourds is outside a small resto in the neighbourhood.  I wonder how long it will last...

Saturday Photo: Abundance for Thanksgiving Day

This photo of windfall apples spaks to the abundance of fruits and vegetables available to many of us during this harvest season.

Thank goodness!  We are so lucky to have more than enough to eat, to go to sleep in a warm, clean place, and, frequently, to be loved.

So even if you are not a believer, I think it is good to pause occasionally and take stock of all we have.  Gratitude is not a dirty word.
 

Saturday Photo: Resilient Beauty

 Saw these flowers this week.  Growing between paving stones on a busy street can't be easy, but nevertheless they have succeeded.  A lesson for us all when it seems the odds are stacked against us, perhaps.