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My Favorite Season
Oct 27th
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” ~George Eliot
I love Fall! (Some people call this season Autumn. I did an entire speech once analyzing the difference between “Fall” and “Autumn” people. I’ll leave that discussion, fascinating as it is, for another time.) Let me say it again – Fall is my my favorite season!
I love the colors, the scents, the cooler but not yet cold weather and I love the “no insects” – the cold has killed them till next spring and I am quite okay with that. What is Fall like in your part of the world? Here in the Midwest of the United States it is quite pretty. I grew up in Tennessee and the Autumn season there was incredible. Really, every place that I have lived has had great color and weather in the fall except for Southern California. In LA, Fall is hot, usually smoking from fires in the forests and the trees just look tired, not pretty. Oh well, LA is great for lots of things. It just isn’t great for Fall.
Enjoy the pictures. Till next time…Jack
“October’s poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter.” ~Nova Bair
Modern Day Flying Carpets
Aug 11th
“I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I love flying airplanes. One of my uncles took me flying in his private plane when I was 6 or 7 years old and I can still see the way the ground looked from up high, and this more than 40 years later. The entire experience was wonderful.
When I was 18, I considered joining the Air Force to get my wings, but I worn glasses, then as now, and I was told that I could not fly jets with glasses. This made me sad. My father had flown for the Army Air Corp in World War II and I had hoped to follow in his footsteps – it was not meant to be. I would need to wait awhile longer for my “magic carpet”. More >