Thankful Thursday...(#11)..."

"Ahhhhh..."

to enjoy...at long last...

some spectacular, dry weather filled with

sunny, bright, "Colorado like" days...each delicately spiced with

a hint of autumn in the air.

Mellow daytime temps mesmerize my spirit

and lure me away to a delightful state of idleness.

I continue to peer out at this lush world of green around me

and sit wide eyed...and childlike...

totally amazed by its vibrancy and variation.

Clear, cool nights...crackling fires in the fireplace...and

sleeping under a down comforter...the windows just cracked open...

have transformed me into one

cozy, comfortable, homey state of happiness.

So very much has added rich color, texture and flavor to the memories

painted in my heart of this Illinois trip...

I gently breathe each one in...

and slowly exhale each out with a long and satisfyingly thankful

"Ahhhhh!" :)

"Good days are to be gathered like grapes,

to be trodden and bottled into wine

and kept for age

to sip at ease beside the fire.

If the traveler has vintaged well,

he need trouble to wander no longer;

the ruby moments glow in his glass at will."
~Freya Stark

(French adventurer and explorer...1893-1993)