Running trails through areas of forest that have burned in past wildfires brings change into sharp focus, but through a long-term lens. The rhythm of nature, of life.Įverything changes, even stone. I love watching this play out across my local landscape year after year, the same grand scheme yet always different in the details, my mind and arms open to endings because they bring new beginnings. Healthy forest, close to home, September 20 and 21, 2020. Splashes of color courtesy of ninebark shrubs.Aspen not quite ready to change color even though ground shrubs are.Huckleberry and other shrubs in vibrant fall colors.Nature is simply preparing for a long and well-deserved rest under winter’s mantle of life-giving snow before a new generation of beauty explodes with exuberance next spring. On the surface it seems nature’s beauty is dying, spring wildflowers long gone, summer’s green leaves turning yellow, orange, red and brown before shriveling and dropping to the ground, temperatures increasingly chillier and daylight shorter. I’m better.Īutumn is a wonderful reminder of the benefits of change. Each day, week, month, season, year, brings something new and evolving, something challenging, a change anticipated or maybe not, but necessary to absorb in order to move forward.Ĭhange may not always feel good at the time, and rarely do I have any control over it, but eventually, with hindsight I can say, Yeah, that change was necessary. Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower.
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