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| Leaves Bathed in Light |
Autumn is a time for colors and textures...and this year autumn is featuring its light side. The sun has ushered us through the season, bathing us in warmth and cheerfulness. The usual seasonal sadness did not arrive and I am grateful.
"Call attention to the changing beauty of the landscape. Let the children tell what they enjoy in it. Point out more, if they are old enough to appreciate it. Show them the play of light and shade, the harmony of the colors, the subdued hues, the neutral tints of forest and meadow, of mountain and fading perspectives."
Nature and Children
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| Piles and piles of colors to behold. |
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| Early December yard chores |
"Hey mom, look how many leaves came down in the wind! Why do you think only one tree still has its leaves? Now it seems like winter."
What a wonderful way to teach about the cycles of life: the growing and dying, the green and the brown, the fullness and the bareness. One just leads to the next, round and round. He notices. We notice.
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| More light to capture |
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Today I am reminded of how my season in life is changing, grateful for sons who remind me to stop and notice things that I might have otherwise missed, filling up on the light they bring to the day.
