Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Warm Apple Cider Donuts...

...accompanied by
sweet, richly bronze...chilled to perfection...fresh cider...
orchards
decorated with multicolored apples
and
flame colored knobby pumpkins...
honking geese
flying in ancestral formations...
crisp fall air scented with the smokey richness
of crackling fire pits...
a simple sun warmed day...sapphire blue skies...
blazing maples
still bountiful with leaves...
cornstalks...
dried and golden...softly rustling in the fields...
Ahhh!
The tastes, the sounds,
the aromas...
 the colors and sights and the soul filling delights
 of a northern Illinois fall
are once again imprinted deep in my heart.
Forever.
Gosh, I simply LOVE this time of year!

"How beautifully leaves grow old.
How full of light and color are their last days."
~John Burroughs

9 comments:

Lisa at Greenbow said...

A great fall sketch. I can feel the cool air and taste the cider.

Claire M said...

Really like your mix of penwork and color in this Fall sketch. Gets me in the mood for the season!

marianne said...

Lovely fall painting!Here we have typical fall weather rain and wind... not my season :(

Anonymous said...

How I like the look you caught here ! And the words rang so true to this area, too....lovely colors and excitement ! winna

debra morris said...

Lovely!

Unknown said...

This is a perfect way to represent the changing season I added it to the Show Me link up on my blog.

Vicki Holdwick said...

Very nice,

I found it through the Show Me link at Mary Walker Designs.

She put my soup up as a link, too,

xoxo

Arnoldo L. Romero said...

You did an excellent job capturing the feeling of warmth in your illustration. Blessings!

Cindy D. said...

Beautiful color and textures!