I love autumn for its crisp air, its warm and mellow colors and its beautiful sunrises and sunsets, but mostly for the colors of the season. Just last night we started noticing the change of colors of the leaves. The sun shining on the leaves exploded the color right before our eyes. The soybean fields were the first to reflect the changing season, turning from the deep green to the golden color of harvest, prior to turning to the bronzy brown that screams, "I'm ready!" to the farmers.
I imagine God with his palette of paints in each finger, reaching out to touch each leaf, each stalk, each bush, each plant, creating the color burst that changes our landscape into an artist's canvas of color. The burning bush is tipped in red as are the sumac bushes. The mums bloom in happy colors of bronze, yellow, rust, reds and purples.
It's the season when the vegetables and fruits ripen. The concord grapes turn a rich purple. The pumpkins are a beautiful orange. The apple trees begin to burst with apples ranging from a faint yellow to brilliant red as they mature. The beautiful eggplants ripen to a shiny royal purple. The final tomato plants bear their fruits in reds and yellows and the peppers do the same. The nut trees begin to drop their produce to create a layer of brown on the ground.
Enjoy this feast for the eyes; it doesn't last long. Thank you Lord for showing us how beautiful life is.
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven" (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV).
This was lovely. I miss you Gloria. your friend, Sally W.
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