Welcome to Abundant Autumn Gallery, 2nd Edition

Take time in nature 

for reflection

and renewal...

for beginnings

and growth...

for nurturing

and discovery.

-Marjolein Bastin

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Passageway

to discovery

begins with

wonderment.

A child sees

something new on autumn leaves-

pauses, thinks, questions.

©CV, 2020, Shadorma poem

Original Photo by Devin Hartnett, Virginia

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Others notice nature's abundance on Autumn days and pause to reflect. 

I invite you to the second edition of

Abundant Autumn Gallery of Artistic Expressions

On December 11, 2020, I unveiled the global gallery on my blog site.

Click here to see a glorious gallery of artistic expressions from around the globe.

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Relax and take a second "awe walk" through Autumn, the season of gratitude.

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Pause a moment. Listen to Autumn Song: Gratitude on Vimeo here.

It brings Mary Oliver's Fall Song poem to life.

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 Feel gratitude for Autumn who leaves us breathless with its radiant colors.

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Give thanks for Autumn sunsets from around the globe.

 Travel to Ireland courtesy of Kevin Foley.

Visit California with Steven Huang. 

 Discover a Chicago sherbet-sky sunset.

When the sun sets in West Virginia, nature brushstrokes earth in snowdrops.

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Nature is mesmerizing and Autumn is its most glorious chapter. 

-@AnuMeera2024

Autumn colors pop in Colorado. - Cheryl Alba

And every moment of the season fills me with wonder and enchantment

at the gorgeous colors that surround me!-Ramona Behnke

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Enjoy a pandemic outdoor getaway.

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Letting go is an art that autumn trees show us,  -@AnuMeera 2024

Music by Adrian von Ziegler - Autumn Forest

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I close with gratitude for all those who helped create a successful second edition of the Abundant Autumn Gallery. The community of reflective writers has continued to grow since the first Reflect With Me Gallery of Artistic Expression in March 2014. A complete list of participants will appear at the final closing of the Gallery. 

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Thank you for spending some time reflecting on the beauty of autumn with its radiant colors. I look out the window seeing a monochromatic scene of soft white snowfall and feel the transition of autumn to winter. Nature brings a departure to a season that filled trying times with brilliance and inspiration to continue the walk of life.

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For now, I join the Poetry Friday Roundup with this week's host, Michelle Kogan, artist and poet. Michelle's attention to detail is recognized in her post full of peaceful thoughts, delightful illustrations, and hope. Please join me at Michelle's blog site for more poetry goodness.

Abundant Autumn Gallery Unveiled

There is harmony 

In autumn, and a lustre in its sky, ...

-Percy Bysshe Shelley

Be my guest. Enter Abundant Autumn Gallery

of Artistic Expressions

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2020  has been a most unusual year. A pandemic raged. The world tossed and turned in a tizzy of fear. Isolation, virtual learning, and masks became part of a new normal way of living. Seemingly in an effort to counterbalance earth's sorrow, nature fairydusted landscapes. Autumn glowed brilliantly, opening a season of lustrous colors and awe-inspiring sights. With artistic flourish, Autumn became an influencer, nature a silent wonder. Trees, tipped in gold, tasted nature's kiss. Awe walks became a happening. A gallery of scenic treasures emerged. 

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awed by autumn's art

earth-painted masterpieces

inspired beauty

©CV, 2020

Photo by #chazchaz, South Africa, via @Al_Dhalla

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I invite you to relax in the stillness of earth's beauty as you take a virtual awe walk through the

first pathway of the Abundant Autumn Gallery. 

In quiet morning light flooding earth,

revisit silent sanctuaries.

Pause in reverance to observe

nature's crispclean gifts of vibrant hues.

Fill your coffers with autumn's treasures

showcased in jeweled, seasonal displays.

Dip your thoughts in peaceful streams of light

as nature paints earth with abundance.

Give gratitude for its artistry.

©CV, 2020

Lillian Lake, autumn in Maine.

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As you stroll through the beauty of this fall gallery, I encourage you to listen to the peaceful music of Tim Janis' Autumn Leaves.

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AUTUMN BEAUTIES

Terje Akke from Estonia offers a touch of her countryside.

Linda Baie shares one of her Denver walk thoughts.

Offerings from Jama Rattigan's blog, Jama's Alphabet Soup.

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Back in October 2019, life did not know that a pandemic would shake the world.

Matt Forrestt Esenwine, New Hampshire

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CHILDREN'S CORNER

Morgan from Oregon shares her lovely drawing.

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NATURE PHOTOS ALLOW VIEWERS to APPRECIATE the BEAUTY of AUTUMN

Devin Hartnett, Virginia

©CVarsalona, Long Island above & Virginia below

Steve Kelley, Iowa

@Alaska Tracy, Alaska

Terje Akke, Estonia

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To listen to the Abundant Autumn Playlist, click here.

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Inspirational Digitals to Ponder

breathe in the crsipcool

woodsmoke season as leaves ballet

beneath oak hums

©CV, 2020, Autumn Breath Nestling from Irene Latham's book, This Poem is a Nest, Autumn

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I saw old Autumn in the misty morn

Stand shadowless like Silence, listening

To silence,... -Thomas Hood

(via Robyn Hood Black)

(via @stephenkelley85)

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CREDITS

I close with gratitude for all those who helped create a successful first edition of the Abundant Autumn Gallery. The community of reflective writers has continued to grow since the first Reflect With Me Gallery of Artistic Expression in March 2014. A complete list of participants will appear at the final closing of the Gallery. For now, I bid you a fond farewell. May your next walk outside, allow you to view life through a different lens of positivity and gratitude. 

The next edition of the Abundant Autumn Gallery will follow shortly. 

There will be another inspirational walk through Autumn

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For now, I join Poetry Friday with this week's host, Buffy Silverman. 

HOP TO IT with me by clicking here.