Summer Gone-Finding Fall

Each year, Autumn approaches with a brush in hand. I wait in anticipation of its artistic masterpiece. This holiday weekend, my son traveled to West Virginia with my daughter and her family to find fall. He captured its splendor with his iPhone camera. I added a bit of digital magic to his glorious photo and penned haikus after delving into the photo.

it's sweater weather

fall dresses in turning leaves

nature celebrates

©CV, 2021

in this place of peace

nature brushstrokes a canvas

autumn resplendence

©CV, 2021

Autumn is a Slice of Life that transforms the world into a living museum of artistic pleasure.

I add my thoughts to Two Writing Teachers' Slice of Life Tuesday. 

Please join me this autumn as I celebrate this season of transformation and joy.

Consider offering a photograph and poem or inspirational thought of

autumn's brilliance for a fall gallery of artistic expressions.

Celebrate Autumn's Embrace

This digital with its animated leaves and song can be accessed at Buncee.

The leaf of every tree brings a message from the unseen world. 

Look, every falling leaf is a blessing.

-Rumi

As October rolled into a new month this week, I continued to notice, wonder, and find fall. My search led me to upstate New York where I traveled to a conference. I noticed trees lining the Thruway, glittering in beautiful autumn hues, like crayons standing erect in their Crayola box. When I returned home, I was delighted to see autumn colors popping all around me. If that was not enough, connected colleagues from various parts of the United States sent me digitals to grace my repository, #AututmnAblaze. Autumn opened its arms.

Tonight, I 

-its brilliance and beauty-

Tonight, I 
celebrate vivid, digital art created 
from what I noticed and wondered
on my travels.

Tonight, I celebrate daylight saving time, the opportunity to "fall" back.

I continue noticing and wondering as the leaves of autumn fall in graceful patterns here on the East Coast. Look closely at what my grandbaby, Sierra Kathryn, saw as she arrived in Palm Springs, California during daylight saving time. 

Autumn on the West Coast surely looks different but welcoming nonetheless.

I am joining Ruth Ayres at Celebrate This Week where she is turning darkness to light with her new book, Enticing Hard-to-Reach Writers.  

  

Autumnventure Unveiled

Open  Your  Heart

to the glorious colors of the

2016 Autumn Gallery of Artistic Expression

"Autumnventure"

where each digital inspiration embraces the wonderlust spirit

and captures the majesty of autumn, a season of transition.

RELAX and REFLECT 

as autumn unfolds in brilliant color and poetic thought. 

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The journey begins with a collection of autumn scenes 
in New York State and a poem capturing autumn's last waltz.

As you browse through the collection, 
you most likely will agree with me that  



Please take a moment to listen to an original composition, 

Piano Notebook - When It's Over, written by Philip Stephen Allen.
(Click here)

Now, join me in taking a gallery walk. 

Sit Back-Unwind-Peruse 

the digital inspirations created 

by Reflect With Me writers from around the globe. 

Autumn Sunrise

Autumn Sunsets

Slater National Park, Washington - Ramona Behnke

Alaska - @AlaskaTracy

Inspired by Nature, Writers Notice, Wonder, and Compose

Listen to an audio recording of this poem at http://vocaroo.com/i/s1pkI8t7SCLb

Watch here on #Periscope, the incredible beauty of autumn

at the Berskshire Mountains.

Photographed and narrated by Judy Arzt.

Autumn's Leaves Drift On By

Listen to the gentle music.

Examine a collection of autumn leaves from across the globe:

Colorado, New York, Estonia, and Illinois.

Pause to view the 30 second video, 

"Autumnventure Gallery: Travel Through Fall" 

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. 

Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.

The winds will blow their own freshness into you, 

and the storms their energy,

while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

-John Muir 

Poets Color Their Words with Autumn's Palette

The invitation to "Find Fall" for the Autumnventure Gallery 

was delivered via social media in October 2016.

Colleagues responded by capturing fall in photographs. 

Some posted to the hashtag #Autumnventure.

New York City

Oswego, NY - @Math912Teacher

Farmer's Market, Tannersville, PA. - Spiri Howard

Maryland - Jon Harper

Virginia - Caitlin Daniels

Michigan - Lisa Orchard

Goldhill, Oregon - Kate Cleland-Sipfle

California - Lori A. King

Alaska Adventure Home - @AlaskaTracy

Lake Ontario, Canadian side - Sean Mitchell

Estonia - Terje Akke

Brazil - Stephan Hughes

Kindergarten students moved from non-digital to digital Platforms

to create original nature poetry.

Fall by Tre V (Kinder Poet from Wyman's Wonders)

Fall by Haley (Kinder Poet from Wyman's Wonders)

Class Poems by Wyman's Wonders 

Please view the video by Christie Wyman about Wyman's Wonders poetry journey here.

Autumn is Life's Change Agent

Autumn is the season of change! 

Taoist proverb

October is a symphony of permanence and change. 

-Bonaro W. Overstreet

Let's follow Autumn as she moves with seasonal beauty and grace.

Estonia's Apples  - Terje Akke

Autumn Debuts in Las Vegas - Carol Varsalona

Little Italy, New York City - Carol Varsalona


Seattle - Ramona Behnke

Alaska - @AlaskaTracy

Autumn writes her own poetry, we are merely observers.

~Terri Guillemets

In our travels, we found and showcased fall in its glory 

through poetry, 

nature photography, 

inspirational quotes, 

art,

and music.

Pause to listen to another original composition, Piano Notebook - Nocturne, written by Philip Stephen Allen. (Click here)

During leisure time, enjoy my Autumnventure Playlist on YouTube.

The autumn season inspires all to believe in possibilities 

and live life to its fullest.

Inspirational quote submitted by Jama Rattigan

The community of reflective writers has continued to grow since the first Reflect With Me Gallery of Artistic Expressions in March 2014. 

You can visit the following galleries that integrate the arts, technology, and poetry by clicking on the individual titles.

2014
Reflect With Me: Bring a Community of Writers Together to Celebrate Life & Teaching
April Awakenings
Summer Serenity
Finding Fall
2015
Winter Whisperings
Spring's Symphony
Summer Splashings
Autumn's Palette
2016
Winter Wanderings
Spring's Seeds
Summerscapes

Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile. 

William Cullen Bryan

Thank you for perusing the Autumnventure Gallery. It has been a pleasure to present the sights and sounds of autumn through an artistic lens. Please leave a comment or tweet a response so that the joy of this gallery and the work of all those who contributed can be spread throughout the world. -Carol

Until we meet again in 2017, I send warm wishes 

for the holidays and the season of winter. 

Let's spread #poetrylove throughout the world!