by Glander 20 Replies latest jw friends
Happy Birthday Glander.
I absolutely love September here in Southern Ontario. The leaves are starting to turn, the nights have that crispness to them (great for sleeping) and the night sky is so clear that the stars look like diamonds on a black velvet cloth.
Agree with panhandlegirl...don't you just love being aliveLeslie
| " | I love September too, even before two of my babies were born during this month. It was more glorious for me back in Indiana though. The full colors were amazing." with respect mrs j5... why would a person who is dealing with disabilties lay several eggs in a month? not that it i care. but with all of the trolll hunting going on, i cant just not ask. |
Who said I was disabled? Not I. I think you're a tad confused.
For the thirty-plus years I lived in Colorado, September/October was my favorite time of the year. Why? Because those were the months that saw autumn color in Colorado's mountains and high valleys. The aspen trees were simply glorious with gold, orange and red colors--gold predominating. The deep blue sky would be scraped by snow covered mountains, elk would be bugling in the valleys as the mating season commenced, bighorn sheep could be heard butting heads as the rams fought for the right to sire the next generation, and snow often fell in both months. Most years I would take my closest friend and embark on a quest we called "In Search of Galadriel." We were both Tolkien fans and readers, so we would go hunting for Elves in Colorado's wild backcountry. We pushed my little 1986 Hyundai up mountain passes no Hyundai had ever traversed before through singing groves of color. We'd park on the edge of abysses and look down to their bottoms sometimes half a mile below. We explored abandoned mines, old ghost towns, and reveled in our friendship as we wandered through many of the state's mountain ranges for a week of what we called an aspencade.
My favorite valley was the Crystal River Valley where Redstone stands and my friend loved the San Miguel River Valley where Telluride is located best. Both of us fell in love with the Dolores River Valley, south of Lizard Head Pass which had the broadest, tallest, thickest aspen groves in all of Colorado. The Uncompaghre River Valley with the town of Ouray was another favorite, and of course the Maroon Bells near Aspen ranked very high on our list.
Other years saw me in northern Colorado's Flat Tops and Park Ranges, or the Sangre de Cristos in the southern counties. The lonely country along the headwaters of the Rio Grande was another place that beckoned us to come and explore its secret reaches.
Now I find myself living in Alabama and the Deep South. Colorado and its valleys of singing gold are out of reach, and September/October have a different face and meaning here. This is the time of year I think I will feel the pain of exile most, but I have decided that I will take up the challenge of enjoying early autumn here even though all will still remain green and the weather far too warm.
The deepest gorge east of the Mississippi River is in northeast Alabama. The beaches of the Gulf of Mexico will be uncluttered and available for beachcombing after Labor Day. The historic monuments will be open for visitors so I will get to see the first White House of the Confederacy and Tuskegee Institute which was founded by Booker T. Washington. And vibrant autumn colors will blush at the end of October and on into November if I go to see them in their wild haunts of the Alabama Appalachians.
I hope someday to return to Colorado and revel in September/October's color festival again. For now I will make the best of things the way I've found them and enjoy what the Deep South has to offer. There are wonders here to excite the senses and give delight and pleasure to the soul if I will open my mind and heart to them. In that way I can turn loss into gain and sorrow into joy. I'll make every effort to do so. Wish me luck!
Quendi
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I live to whine...
Glander, sounds like a bunch of sour grapes to me!!! (How did I miss this?LOL)
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There are wonders here to excite the senses and give delight and pleasure to the soul if I will open my mind and heart to them. In that way I can turn loss into gain and sorrow into joy. I'll make every effort to do so. Wish me luck!
Quendi
Quendi- Good Luck!
That was so beautiful Quendi. You should write travel brochures! You made me want to go to Colorado to see all the equisite beauty that you so eloquently described.
Your obvious appreciation of natural beauty I'm sure will help you to adjust to the change of scenery in Alabama. There is beauty all arounnd us. Leslie
I used to call my cat pipsissewa - it's a temperate forest orchid
The thing about the fall for a Californian is that finally the temperatures will drop -- by the end of Sept we are looking at cooler days, nice.
I remember when it was my least favorite time of year because it was the beginning of the field circus year. I hated going out and finding groups of 20 or more going out and staying out all damn day. I also hated that "It's September, so why aren't you pious-sneering?".
But now I appreciate September as the beginning of the holiday season. The leaves are getting ready to change, it is finally getting cooler and less muggy, the days are starting to shorten, and Halloween is in sight. I look forward to putting out Halloween decorations and lights, similar to what people do around Christmas. (I also do Christmas.) It is the start of what for me is one of the biggest spiritual feasts of the year (for sure, better than anything I ever got during the time as a witless).
I also appreciate December much more. I used to hate that month for Christmas carols. These days, however, I actually look forward to what new Christmas songs are coming out. Though I do not believe in Jesus as my savior, I still find some of those songs are well put together, and I simply view the sun as my Christ. (Instead of Jesus, I simply view it as meaning the sun, as the sun fits all the characteristics when properly decoded). And I appreciate the decorations much more, especially now that LED technology has reached the point where I can get most of the energy savings while still lavishly displaying lights. (Though, even with LEDs, I still can't display a Christmas tree with the requisite 144,000 lights.)
Quendi - you captured it very well.
Mrs. Jones - Who said I was disabled? Not I. I think you're a tad confused.
LOL
September babies are conceived in January when people snuggle under the covers.
WTW, I also decorate for Holloween. I love lights. I guess I combine Holloween with Fall and it's Harvest. I decorate my yard and deck with lights,pumpkins, mums, scarecrows and anything I find that's appropriate for the season.
I find celebrating all the seasons and hoildays much more fun and interesting than going to the DC/CA, weekly meeting and field service; bothering people who happen to be home.
PHG
