Fall

THE BATTLE FOR SPACE AND TIME
Observations of a dOG wALKER
Green vs Brown vs White.
Green has had her time and is a mere beautiful memory – and she knows it as she fades into the background
Brown has not yet given up, and rises above White.
White rests in quiet confidence She knows that time and space for the near future is on her side
November 21 2016
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Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.   

Franklin D. Roosevelt

BENJY”S WISDOM
Asked Benjy what lessons he had to give our family as we face a new season
He said “Read my body language –
PUT THE “BUTS” BEHIND, and the “ANDS” A-HEAD No “but”, regrets, or excuses for the past
– just go forward and accumulate all the “ANDS” of positive experience”
Hence his stance on this matter as he faced the fall season and the coming winter season
November 28 2016
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My resolution is to make positivity, thankfulness and happiness my new mantra.     

Francisco Costa

ABOUT TO FALL IN THE FALL – a poem

Who shall live and who shall die?
…all of us! said the leaves with a sigh
Fall is a gentle remind Not to leave any dreams behind
Not to go to bed
With things left unsaid
And to live the day In the fullest way!
326

Death is inevitable, but Life – that’s the tricky bit where things happen.

Simon Travaglia

OPINING THE FALL OF THE PINE
even the evergreen falls subject to time
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“Pine trees can hold their needles for 2-5 or more years, depending on the species. Spruce trees generally hold onto their needles longer than pine trees do, approximately 5-7 years. One evergreen tree that is very noticeable as it loses its leaves in fall is Eastern White Pine.”

FROM EARTH TO EARTH
The old oak tree surrounded by the hopeful dropped seeds which are the products of her summer
November 7, 2017
345

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Ralph Waldo Emerson