autumn sunset

do you see what i see?

Itty, bitty, baby buds.

fall walk

These are pictures from about 2 weeks ago when Doug & I took Zooey on a walk. It was a glorious fall day & I had several moments walking through the woods where I caught my breathe and wondered momentarily if I had died. I mean that in the least morbid way.

Tomorrow night we're hosting "Secret Church" for the youth group at our house... which means I'm off to bake - you guessed it! CUPCAKES!

amethyst enchanted land

O hushed October morning mild,

Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;
Tomorrow's wind, if it be wild,
Should waste them all.
The crows above the forest call;
Tomorrow they may form and go.
O hushed October morning mild,

Begin the hours of this day slow.
Make the day seem to us less brief.
Hearts not averse to being beguiled,
Beguile us in the way you know.
Release one leaf at break of day;
At noon release another leaf;
one from our trees, one far away.
Retard the sun with gentle mist;
Enchant the land with amethyst...

-Robert Frost

thursday thoughts

...Lord am I thine? art thou, Lord, mine? So rich!

How doth thy Wealthy bliss branch out thy sweets

Through all things Present? These the Vent-holes which

Let out those Ravishing Joys our Souls to greet?

Impower my Powers sweet Lord till up they raise

My 'Fections that thy glory on them blaze...

-Edward Taylor, Things Present