I love fall. It is my favorite season.
The air gets scrubbed by wind. The nights excite with a nip in the air. Colors magnify, then fade. I can see every fold in the far mountains. I sense renewal, not loss.
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bougainvillea
flowers fall, such tiny
paper lanterns
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I went out to welcome the full moon last night, which came with the Fall Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. It's a bit rare to have a harvest moon coincide with the annual aligning of the Sun's center with our equator.
This was shot with my phone camera, not a telephoto lens, so it isn't a dramatic moon looming over us, but if you shift your position, look carefully, you will see Jupiter and Venus sparkling alongside.
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After a week of disturbing news in our blogosphere and grappling with old demons of my own, this shot of Nature, of the vast Universe, has restored my spirit. It always does.
