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On Monday Lee and myself spent the day in Acadia, a place where it may be impossible to ever get tired of being there. A beautiful day greeted us with clear skies and a temperature around 65 degrees which offered a walk of some 3-4 miles on a favorite carriage road.
This year Autumn can be called the Season of Red. I am told that all the rain we had is the cause of so many maple trees exploding with a fullness of brilliant red, more than I have ever seen. The world is indeed a wonder and it is a joy to be where Fall's most vibrant colors are to be enjoyed everywhere I go. Today, life is lived with great gratitude for what our Great Mother, the Earth, has offered from Her palette of paints by which the trees are adorned.
The view of Fall just outside the door where we live.
May all I think and all I
say
be in harmony with you,
God,
God within me, God beyond
me,
maker of the trees.
Chinook Psalter
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Mushrooms show their faces each year at this time,
popping up in most unexpected places -
A rare glimpse of what was under our feet,
hidden for most of the year.
A single red leaf fell into the stream
clothed in the finest of garments,
wanting to be seen by a passing eye
and adored by all who can see
beneath the surface of the ordinary.
Yellow and orange.
Where can one buy these vibrant paints?
They only come from the Creator of the trees -
whose store is where one must go.
The ferns offer themselves back to the Sun that nurtured them,
with light that was stored in the green of summer -
A return to where all life is born,
to where all that lives will eventually return.
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The following five images were taken at a lookout just below the summit of Cadillac Mountain where people were gathering to see the view and to wait for the sunset from a fine vantage point.
Checking out the view
Another visitor checking out the view.
The view.
Another view of the view.
- Cairn Henge -
Cairns are usually built to mark the trails that go over bare rock to help hikers not to get lost. This section of the Cadillac trail moved people to build many cairns which makes the way to travel a little confusing. Fortunately the way becomes clear a few meters away from where these piled stones are left for archeologists to discover and wonder about their purpose.
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This post's abstract image taken on Cadillac mountain.
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Some humor - more about cell phones -
Until next post, Peace,
Bill Lagerstrom
