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the tree outside my window
Posted: Oct 31, 2013
My desk faces a window that looks out on a huge tree in my front yard. It's a big beautiful tree that shades the yard and helps keep my office cool in the summer and blocks the sun from hitting my eyes. Last week the tree was still green. Every morning this week as I sit down at my desk and open the blind I'm greeted by a brand new picture as the leaves are turning first bright yellow and now going into orange. When the wind picks up I get to see a dazzling shower of gold falling from the tree.
Fall is such a gorgeous time of year, and yet it's rather sad in a way, knowing that soon the trees will be bare and another winter will be upon us. But as much as I hate the cold, I love being able to sit at my desk and watch the snowfall, especially since I know I won't have to battle the weather every day to get to work.
Once I'm tired of the monochrome colors of winter, I'll be looking forward to seeing tiny new leaves sprouting on my tree in the bright shade of springtime green that makes everything look fresh and new again, and waiting to catch a glipse of my first robin, whose arrival announces that spring has truly arrived. And the cycle of life continues....
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What a breath of fresh air! - A happy subject
[ In Reply To ..]How nice is to read something here that is uplifting and hopeful, such as a tree that regenerates each year. Thank you for posting about your beautiful tree! There's a gorgeous sugar maple outside my window, too. It's ruby red with tones of orange peeking through. Today. It's just as pretty today against the gray sky as it is on clear days with blue skies.
Wow! - Fall is my favorite time
[ In Reply To ..]Beautifully written.
Mine too, I have a maple tree outside my window - MT2
[ In Reply To ..]and it's gorgeous!
What a nice story! sm - Kindred Spirit
[ In Reply To ..]I enjoyed reading your post. You write very well. I could literally see the tree as I was reading.
There's a tree across the street that I love with lots of yellow leaves in the fall. I've been so busy lately I have not even noticed it lately.
Thanks to your beautiful story, I am going to look outside as soon as the sun starts rising to take a look
I love the fall. I named my daughter Autumn because it's the most beautiful time of year, and she's just as beautiful as a beautiful autumn day!
I can "hear" her rolling her eyes!
My View - see message
[ In Reply To ..]I used to live in the northeast. I LOVED the fall. I was most motivated to go for a nice walk on a cool, crisp fall day, than any other time of year. Our back of our house was a somewhat wooded area, and was so pretty that time of year.
I have since moved to FL. Hubby and I could just not take the cold winters and snow anymore. My view from my office now is a beautfil lake, palm trees and green all year round. That is the good thing about South FL---really, the trees don't lose foliage or color and the grass doesn't doesn't lose its color no matter what time of year. Fades a little if we have a prolonged dry, cold-ish spell, but it's always still pretty.
It's nice that you can "see ahead" in those dreary months. We just couldn't take it anymore.
I miss the rolling hills of the northeast. It's pretty flat here.
I love your view! - OHMT
[ In Reply To ..]Yes, I would love to move somewhere that doesn't get cold as well, but there is that trade-off of missing the fall. I lived in southern California one year when I was younger and just couldn't get jazzed about Christmas until I came back to Ohio a week before the holiday. I left LAX in 70 degree weather and stepped off the plane in Ohio to a blizzard! And of course I forgot to bring a heavy coat! How quickly we forget, right?
There's a restaurant we like to go to a couple of times a year. It's about an hour's drive and we always make it a point to go this time of year to take in the view of the hills covered in all the beautiful splashes of fall color. Tomorrow we're making the trek and I'm really looking forward to it. And you can't beat the monster cookies that we'll bring home from the restaurant's bakery. Yum!
Thanks to all who shared their views!
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