Farewell November

November has been a month where we have seen some sunny days with blue skies...

some cloudy days, where the Autumn colour seems to be even brighter...

 
and many days of mellow mistiness...

I have to say that I really like these sort of days...

November is a month where many of us remember those who have gone before.  As a family we remember two of our loved ones who passed away in November, one of whom was my sister who sadly died before I was born.  For some reason, the other evening, I decided to jot down a November poem and this is what I came up with (it is very melancholy in tone, as it is a poem of rememberance and lost opportunity)...

November
Now in the eleventh month of the year  

Our thoughts go to those we hold dear

Very near in our minds and yet so far

Each year that passes yet cannot mar

Memories we have that still hold might

Blessed be those who have gone each day and night

Every day we remember and yet we

Realise together on this earth we no more shall be.
(HM, November 2014).

I still love the month of November, in spite of the sadness that accompanies it.  It is a month of spellbinding beauty and we do have many reasons to celebrate too.

I hope that this month has been kind to you and that next month will be one of happiness and blessings.

Tomorrow I hope to embark on a little blogging project for the month of December organised by Julie - looking forward to it!

Helenxx

Essence of November

Well, here we are at the weekend!  But today I am looking back to last Sunday, when son no.3 and I went out with our cameras on a damp, chilly November afternoon.  He had a photography project to complete for a university assignment, so I took the chance to go out with him.  He had a top-of-the-range camera (borrowed from uni) and I had my little camera with me.  I had a great time helping him to compose shots, and of course managed to do a lot of snapping of photos myself.  Some folks would have thought the weather and the light and the general dampness quite depressing, but is really is my favourite kind of weather for my favourite time of year.  And we had a lovely time chatting away, he really was super company.  At first he was a little self-conscious about taking photos if anyone was about but as soon as he saw his dear old mother taking her photos with not a care in the world he soon got into the spirit of things.

 

So here are some of the many photos I took!

 



 Walking down this footpath the trees looked glorious...

Misty countryside in all it's splendour...

Autumn leaves...

Fascinating fungi, I love their ethereal beauty...

Melancholy signs of decay...

Grand old houses...

"Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of maturity; but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance.  What man can stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of his world and the meaning of the rolling hills that reach to the far horizon?" -   Hal Borland

Have a lovely late November weekend!



Helenxx