Wow – what a couple of weeks it has been. I personally have been basking in the glory
of our wonderful weather. While it would
be wonderful if our skies would part with a little dearly needed water, we can’t
control that. Aside from missing the
rain, I do miss sitting outside at night with a campfire burning while I enjoy
a couple (few) adult beverages and retell the stories of the past summer to
anyone willing to listen!
I could use some time for rest and
relaxation. Color tour season is always
busy for the misses and I. It seems that
family and friends come from all over to see the colors, enjoy the apple houses
and farms and drink in near perfect temperatures with warm days and chilling,
autumn like evenings. And, that is
exactly what the majority of October entailed.
And now, we will once again be preparing for the influx of guests for
the holiday season. I have to say – I just
realized today that Thanksgiving is next week ALREADY! What happened to Halloween? In fact, what happened to September and
October? Haha. I guess time flies when you are having fun!
Regardless, Thanksgiving is coming and it is
always a time to reflect on the previous year and prepare for the next. I give thanks for the things I have. I give thanks for the things I don’t have,
but give me the drive and desire to continue to strive to get there. I give thanks for the simple things – blue skies,
color streaked forests, a deer wandering around the property, spring rains as
the buds come onto the trees before exploding into a thick carpet of greenery. There is so much to be thankful for and yet
so many people spend their lives in turmoil and anger. Our country has never known that fact to be
more true than now. So many people need ‘power’
and ‘control’. I don’t need either of
those. I want to be left to my own
devices to live my life. The past
election was representative of what went on within our own boundaries not too
long ago. Sad really. It’s terrible that people have such low personal
thoughts of themselves that they can only raise themselves up by attacking
others. I hope that sometime in the future the angry parties can accept certain
truthes and move on…… but…..enough about that.
I wanted to take a few moments to post some of the
terrific pictures I’ve captured this fall and to tell everyone Happy
Thanksgiving! Additionally, I would like
to extend well wishes to our new president-elect. I’m sure he doesn’t check in on my blog (that
often), but I wish him well. He doesn’t
have an easy task before him, but I have every faith that he will do a great
job…..we’re gonna love it!
Enjoy the pictures and I’ll be posting again soon
as the seasons change along the Coosawattee River.
Chris
