A walk around the neighborhood today held the sharp contrast of flower - sky - clouds. It was magnificent...bold, stunning...yipping of Fall. It was again about 88° - but felt cooler than yesterday. The breeze was lovely.
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Visual treats were hiding, poking out and popping up everywhere!
I was reminded of The Lessons of Geese as I gazed skyward.
These flowers catch my eye every time. The thorny stems and sticky flowers are not given away as one looks at them through the light of each day. There are a lot of these in this valley and their dance with the sunlight never fails to impress me.
I had recently spotted a Little Free Library within walking distance, so we took 2 books with us to donate. However we did not find any of interest to trade, but left ours there nonetheless.
A lush Fall garden drew me over to investigate with my senses. There was squash and it smelled like tomatoes as well! At the far side, behind the garden, I spotted chickens moving about. For those of you who keep a garden, you'd love this one! Well, we all would!
The old Fairy/Gnome Land had a new resident flying in from the tree, egg in hand!
I almost walked on from the Bird of Paradise flowers. I've never been drawn to them. Their orange color and sharp angular shape does not appeal to me. But, today, I decided to take a few photos and see what I could like about this one. While, I was still not drawn to it...I could appreciate how the sunlight danced up the orange arrow petal.
There were white roses nearby that threw so much scent that I stopped to "smell the roses"!!
The rusty colors caught my eye too, while clouds wove between and around the tall trees.
This driveway's end held a delightful Fall scene and shining rose. The darling pink blooms come up as some type of "woodsorrel". Charming.
That's it for today's neighborhood tour. I hope it was as uplifting for you as it was for me.
If you would like to see even more beautiful flowers, plants and garden art...head over to Mo's spring garden gala! Just stunning!
Where can you walk to fill your senses?
May you find the goodness close to home
May you meander for a while
May you know Magnificent!
xo
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