Unveiling of Bedecked In Autumn Gallery

Step into the beauty of autumn, the season of luster and radiance. Watch leaves flutter and dance and pumpkins grow into vined beauties. Listen to nature whisper its love song while indulging in the vibrancy of an autumn day or the solace of a moonlit sky. Then, pause to ponder Vincent Van Gogh's quote. "As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas, and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see."  

You Are Invited to Take a Gallery Walk Through

"Autumn keeps a radiance that is all her own." -Jennifer Williamson

You will find visual examples of autumn's radiance as you stroll through the various sections of the Bedecked in Autumn Gallery, Poetry Friday Edition.

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CHANGING TREES & LEAVES

The leaves are changing; I feel poetry in the air.” -Lauren Jaworski

Linda Baie gathers inspiration on her morning walks in Denver, Colorado.

Margaret Simon from Louisiana pens a poem after viewing Ramona Behnke's photo.

Move with the beat of a song without sound by Janet Fagal from New York State.

November is our slow-down time to recenter our thoughts.

Karen Eastlund from New Jersey adds humor to her image poem. 

Ramona Behnke from Washington declares herself a fall fanatic.

Carol Labuzzetta shares a stunning nature photo. 

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MUSIC of the SEASON 

"Wild is the music of autumnal winds amongst the faded woods." -William Wordsworth

Pause for a moment. Listen to the sweet sounds of autumn via the Bedecked In Autumn Playlist. Click here.

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INSPIRED BY AUTUMN

"Autumn mornings: sunshine and crisp air, birds and calmmess, year's end and day's beginnings.

-Terri Guillemets

Kiesha Shepard shares sights and sounds of autumn in Texas.

October in Virginia offers beautiful scenery for a walk in the woods. I gather inspiration from nature and my granddaughters to create digital inspirations.

Take a look at Ramona Behnke's invitation.

Matt Forrest Esenwine offers an inspirational poem with a beautiful photo of the early morning fog. Matt provides an explanation of his poem title: "Although my poem IS titled..."Untitled" is the titled, because it represents the boundless opportunities of the day."

I rise

like early-morning fog:

slow and thin, lifted

by the cool breath

of a boundless new day

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HALLOWEEN TREATS

"There is something haunting in the light of the moon." -Joseph Conrad

Linda Mitchell from Virginia spins a Halloween tale.

Family Fun

Pick a candy pumpkin pot from our patch.

©CV, 2001 Digital Art

Little Princesses Ready for Trick or Treat Fun

©CV, 2001 Digital Art

Costumed Characters from Frozen

Violet Nesdoly sketched a detailed black and white drawing of a Pumpkin Patch. 

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CHILDREN'S CORNER

"Pumpkin spice and everything nice."

Margaret Simon shares a mentor poem written for her students.

Fran Haley shares a tender moment between little sisters.

This little toddler, my granddaughter, enjoys an outing to a farm market in Virginia.

Scout, age 5, and her grandmother, Fran Haley, create a scarecrow acrostic poem.

Violet Nesdoly's drawing is one to share with children. Does it make you want to dream upon a star?

What child does not enjoy a trip to the pumpkin patch?

Did you see in the Halloween Treats section Violet Nesdoly's drawing of a pumpkin patch?

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GRATITUDE

"Don't wait until the fourth Thursday in November to sit with family and friends to give thanks." -Charmaine J. Forder

Ruth Hersey shares her thoughts on her borrowed homeland, Haiti.

Matt Forrest Esenwine offers gratitude to the forest.

Four generations of bakers have me remembering my own childhood in the kitchen next to my Nonnie.

A preserved leaf collage by 21-month-old Aurora inspires a gratiku.

Be awed by the beauty of the prairie that Carol Labbuzzetta photographed.

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AUTUMN'S TRANSITION

"Autum is the hush before winter." -French proverb

Linda Baie pens her poem with a whisper of goodbyes.

"Fall is the spring of winter." -Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Ramona Behnke offers a peek of winter colors in fall. 

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FEATURED BOOK

by Ashley Wolff

Book Review can be seen at

https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2021/11/bedecked-in-autumn-featured-book.html

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PREVIOUS AUTUMN GALLERIES

Please visit previous autumn galleries of artistic expressions that integrate the arts, technology, and poetry. Click on the titles of the underlined galleries. 

2014  -   Finding Fall

2015   -  Autumn's Palette

2016   -  Autumn Venture

2017   -  Autumn Ablaize

2020 -  Abundant Autumn

Artwork by Ashley Wolff, author/illustrator of How To Help Pumpkin Grow

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COMMENTS

Please leave a comment below or on social media so that the joy of this gallery and the work of all those who contributed can be spread throughout the world. 

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CREDITS

Linda Baie

Ramona Behnke

Janet Fagal

Fran Haley

Ruth Hersey

Carol Labuzzetta

Violet Nesdoly

Linda Mitchell

Kiesha Shepard

Margaret Simon 

Carol Varsalona

Ashley Wolff

Children: Aurora, Scout, Sierra

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Thank you for joining me on a gallery walk of the sights and sounds of Autumn 2021.

May the beauty of this season fill your heart with gratitude for the beauty of the earth.

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As the host of Poetry Friday, I hope you enjoyed the contributions shared by some of my poet friends. Please link up below with your offering this week. If you have a digital inspiration, nature photograph, image poem, or other artistic expressions for Bedecked In Autumn Gallery place it in the comments and I will add it to this blog post. Section 2 of the gallery will appear next week in my Slice of Life on Tuesday. 

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