NWCU Autumn Kick-Off Event: Freelink 22.09.12-23.09.12
http://newworldcreativeunion.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/nwcu-autumn-kick-off-event-freelink.html
There is a subtle shift in the light and the smell in the air. The nights lengthen. Spectacular sunsets paint the sky. Clouds begin to gather. The Equinox is so perfectly balanced with its promises of beginnings. For me autumn is a time of contemplation – a time to live in the imaginary and to dwell a while in my enchanted garden with all its melancholy blooms. I seek out fat paperbacks to curl up with, in the golden evening light. I remember how I used to gather hazelnuts and filberts from our hedge in another life. I sit and look at family albums, people who are gone now – passed away…
The sunset bounces off a portrait of my grandmother’s grandmother – she was beautiful, young and innocent – at sixteen she was married off. I look out of my window and take a photo of the light.
I think about an enchanted garden where all sentient creatures are happy. Nothing passes in the garden. It simply is…
September 23rd, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Hi Marsha:
I’m really enjoying your composition of the written word and Images! An exquisite portrayal of Autumn, and what a view you have out your window, and the wondrous image you took of it. Fascinating and beautiful, and it’s as if I’m really there; seeing it!
Thanks again for sharing your writing and images!
Roger
September 23rd, 2012 at 6:32 pm
Thank you so much for dropping by – so pleased my images took you somewhere
September 23rd, 2012 at 3:08 pm
A creative pairing of images and words. You have written an intimate description of the magic in the garden outside your window.
September 23rd, 2012 at 6:32 pm
Thank you so much for dropping by
Pleased you enjoyed my garden
September 23rd, 2012 at 9:47 pm
Gorgeous, M…beautiful photos & words. I do love Autumn..
September 23rd, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Thank you so much – I really value your opinion
September 23rd, 2012 at 10:54 pm
Oh…goosebumps! I’ve a chair where I perch that gives me a few of the leaves and sky…because I’m on Main Street, I well understand what a blessing this is. It’s where I go with my reading and notebooks…love the play of melancholy that couples with the beautiful sense of serenity that comes forth, and the finish with the photo is fantastic!
September 23rd, 2012 at 11:07 pm
Thank you so much – I think there is a great comfort in melancholy – thinking about those that have come before us…
September 24th, 2012 at 1:01 am
I love the poignant amber tones of this lovely prose and haiga. A perfect description of Autumn…and yes a time for contemplation, yet also renewal. Thank you for sharing this beauty!
September 25th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
Thank you so much!!! Autumn is a time of renewal – so pleased this connected with you
September 24th, 2012 at 2:12 am
Evocative and perceptive writing. I love the images.
September 25th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
Thank you so very much
September 24th, 2012 at 5:45 am
This is rich with the gentle sensations of the season. I’m so glad I experienced your post. Beautiful work.
September 25th, 2012 at 9:50 pm
Thank you so much for dropping by
September 25th, 2012 at 4:59 am
Lovely. Just lovely. Beautiful images and your words, though prose, have such a nice poetic flow. Thank you for such a wonderful tribute to my favorite season!
September 25th, 2012 at 9:50 pm
So pleased my words connected with you
September 27th, 2012 at 2:18 am
I appreciate that the forgotten are not forgotten here
here’s to curling up with a book for hours…
October 2nd, 2012 at 3:00 am
Magical. Autumn is such a spell-binder.
October 2nd, 2012 at 7:41 pm
Thank you so much – I might develop into a longer piece and submit it somewhere
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:25 am
I hope you do! Would make a wonderful longer piece.
October 2nd, 2012 at 4:10 am
Beautiful write, Marsha, dripping with gold & brimming with stillness. Wonderful photos too that add another dimension to your words …