When I was a kid growing up I hated that we had green carpet in our house. I am, remember a child of the 70s. We had yellow linoleum in the kitchen, and yellow kitchen counter tops. I think we had a white icebox, an in counter stove, and if I recall correctly a black oven. But what really got to me was the green carpet. The hall bath that I shared with my sister was also green from the counter tops to the floor (save for the walls. Every wall in our house was some neutral ivory color. What can I say, my mom played it on the safe side!). It was a custom house that my parents had scrimped and saved to purchase and build they way they wanted. But I wasn’t down with the green carpet. I didn’t understand why we couldn’t have something more trendy such as forest green, country blue or the dusty mauve carpet like my aunt had in her home. My mother always used to tell me that earth-tones never go out of style.
I guess she was right, because I look around my house now, with its pretty taupe and earthen red walls, brown tile floor and think, this is so soothing. So calm, so quiet. I’ve got brown wanna-be dupioni silk curtains and swags; orange throw pillows and other than the zebra print chairs, the inside of my house would blend into any national forest- in the fall.
Which is why I believe fall to be my favorite time of year! Now don’t get me wrong. I love springtime, when all the foals and calves are born and we’re surrounded by babies, brandings and green, lush grass. But Fall begins and so does birthday season for us- the cowboy’s daughter, the cowboy and myself all have birthdays within about 12 days of each other. It means we’ve gotten to ride colts all summer and we can now give them a job when it comes time to gather and sort mamas from babies, pull the bulls off the herd, vaccinate babies, and pair them up with their mamas again. It means perfectly sunny, cool, crisp mornings and beautiful afternoons. And it means that the trees and grass shut down for the winter, and the interior of my house would blend right in to the background; that is if it were to be turned inside out and placed near a river bottom that contained some foliage.
The cowboy’s dad found some of that pretty foliage for me to photograph a week or so ago and I thought I’d share it with you- the pretty oranges, yellows and browns of fall. It just makes me want to curl up and read a book and enjoy the peace and quiet of it all.
Click on the photos below to scroll through a slide-show. Enjoy!
What thought or feelings does Fall evoke for you? Is Fall your favorite season too? And if it isn’t your favorite season, what is, and why?
