We were told the Black Hills are the "Banana Belt" of South Dakota. It never ceases to amaze me. We had warm weather last week, then last Friday night it snowed. The better part of the weekend was cold and frosty. This week we'll be back to slightly warmer weather and the snow that came is gone. By the way, I cannot take credit for the fantastic photo above. I found it online and when I saw it I felt it would relay this time of year very well. The fall leaves get wet and frosty.
Simple beauty is so underated (G knows what I am talking about). Simple things that grab you when you least expect it. For example, you hear a melodic sound from the sky only to look up and see these amazing zig-zag formations of hundreds of Canadian geese flying South, singing as they fly. The grass slowly turns from green to brown, the clouds lay low and hug the hills, and there are wild turkeys and deer everywhere. You start to turn on space heaters, pull out the cozy blankets, snuggle down with the puddy-tat and the pokey-pup. It becomes clear that the sun is coming up later as well as setting earlier sending everyone in to their warm, glowing homes for evenings of hot suppers, hot baths, good books and watching their favorite shows on TV. And when you remember to look up at night, it's there, shining like it did last year, in the same place... Orion's belt and sword, faithfully standing guard just like he did last fall. Aaahhhh.... I just love the way the world changes.... and stays the same.
Simple beauty is so underated (G knows what I am talking about). Simple things that grab you when you least expect it. For example, you hear a melodic sound from the sky only to look up and see these amazing zig-zag formations of hundreds of Canadian geese flying South, singing as they fly. The grass slowly turns from green to brown, the clouds lay low and hug the hills, and there are wild turkeys and deer everywhere. You start to turn on space heaters, pull out the cozy blankets, snuggle down with the puddy-tat and the pokey-pup. It becomes clear that the sun is coming up later as well as setting earlier sending everyone in to their warm, glowing homes for evenings of hot suppers, hot baths, good books and watching their favorite shows on TV. And when you remember to look up at night, it's there, shining like it did last year, in the same place... Orion's belt and sword, faithfully standing guard just like he did last fall. Aaahhhh.... I just love the way the world changes.... and stays the same.
