The Pendulum & Mood Swings

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The weather pendulum swung from a summer/early-fall drought to an atmospheric river of rain. The roots of large leafy, and evergreen, trees in my area dried up over the past months so risk loosening in massive downpours. The tension between Mother Nature and humankind builds. To save ourselves we must let Earth flourish. The planet would bloom better without us but who better than humans to savour the sweetness in life and to record its story? Storytellers' prompt this week is "sweet", synonymous to me with the wonder I felt on walks and sought to express in pictures and prose.
Clouds boldly rolled over the churning sea beneath an eerily vacated pier.
Cozy umbrellas popped up suddenly the way the grandest of flowers do each year.
Faces carved into pumpkins slyly peeked around edges of porches and lamp posts.
Leaves turned glamorous and scrunched up like taffeta gowns.
Their colours, dazzling flames before the raindrops snuffed them out.
Washed holly berries were at their finest so birds might dine on them one day.
Some sloppy greenery lost their glitter far too soon.
Muddy puddles saw playful feet splash sopping leaves into disarray.
The howling breeze ruffled some leaves and shook summer's dust off the trees.
Explore more at Poets and Storytellers United and SKYWATCH. Check out my sites: Postcards from Penelope Puddle and Musings of A Puddlist In B.C.

Because the state of our planet is the most pressing issue of our time, link up and learn about the  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report.

HOLD ONTO THE LIGHT

Comments

  1. RommyOctober 28, 2022 at 10:10 AM

    The leaves are looking beautiful in southeastern Pennsylvania right now. It makes me so happy to go walking outside, as long as I'm dressed for the weather.

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  2. HelenOctober 28, 2022 at 11:26 AM

    What an extraordinary walk ... thank you for allowing me to tag along.

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  3. Spare Parts and PicsOctober 28, 2022 at 11:28 AM

    Beautiful photos and nice edits. We could sure use some of your rain out here in the west!

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  4. klaraOctober 28, 2022 at 1:17 PM

    lovely series.

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  5. Magaly GuerreroOctober 28, 2022 at 4:37 PM

    Thank you for taking us on this autumnal walk. I love it all, from the blooming umbrellas to the dusted trees.

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  6. Rosemary Nissen-WadeOctober 28, 2022 at 5:29 PM

    Gorgeous photos! And I love the way the captions can read as a poem, or a series pf micropoems.

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  7. Yogi♪♪♪October 28, 2022 at 7:04 PM

    Great photo essay. I love the sunny autumn days and the cold, overcast, rainy days both. You really captured the latter.

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  8. Mystic MeanderingOctober 28, 2022 at 7:40 PM

    Ooooo a magical "stained glass" umbrella ! :) Just what I need. :)
    And love the magical leaves with the "special affects" :)

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  9. colleenOctober 29, 2022 at 7:17 AM

    I love umbrellas. The photos are great. I especially like the blurred leaves one.

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  10. Rose POctober 29, 2022 at 7:53 AM

    Beautiful images of a beautiful season. The taffeta gown loosens long ago memories and highlights the gift of time to experience yet another autumn.

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  11. Light and VoicesOctober 29, 2022 at 1:13 PM

    Fall is my favorite season. Your lovely photographs and words explain why. Enjoy the weekend.

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  12. eileeninmdOctober 30, 2022 at 3:21 AM

    Hello,
    What a lovely walk. The fall colors and trees are beautiful. I hope the drought is ending. Lovely collection of photos. Take care, enjoy your day! Have a wonderful week!

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  13. stardustOctober 30, 2022 at 7:22 AM

    “Atmospheric river” is new to me. It looks like basically the same with my country’s “Linear rainband”, first used less than ten years before. It is the main cause of floods and landslides recently. The two umbrellas being close together is a lovely scene to see. I wonder what the umbrella of the first photo is used for. I really love it.

    Yoko

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  14. GattinaOctober 31, 2022 at 2:02 AM

    Very artistic and beautiful photos ! I don't like fall because it is the entrance to winter. But this year it's so unusually warm, that we can still sit outside and the poor plants don't know what to do ! Bloom again or prepare for winter !

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  15. Shiju SugunanOctober 31, 2022 at 4:14 AM

    Beautiful photos and wonderful narration. Yes, it does look like nature wearing the glamorous taffeta gowns. Hope the tree with the dried root somehow survives.

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  16. carol l mckennaOctober 31, 2022 at 10:01 AM

    Wonderfully creative photography for Fall ~ Xo

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  17. David M. Gascoigne,November 2, 2022 at 3:30 AM

    Fall is a wonderful season and I am amazed each year, and saddened a little, that people don't embrace it fully and enjoy its splendour. I lose track of how many times I hear, "We know what's coming next." I really think that the world is filled with mostly "glass half empty" people.

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  18. DeniseinVANovember 10, 2022 at 2:47 PM

    Oh my goodness, beautiful images and the little girl with the Umbrella in the last photo, just the sweetest. Thank you for sharing them, each one brings a smile. Enjoy your evening and Happy Friday to you :)

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  19. GattinaNovember 15, 2022 at 12:45 AM

    Your beautiful pictures represent autumn very well ! After a dry and unusual warm period since Monday it is grey but it hasn't rained yet, it is also cold half of the temperature we had last week. My little Rosie waits for rain, she loves to drink rain water on the terrace and since a long time the bowls are empty !

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