9 Responses to “October Light”

1. Hashi
   October 14th, 2009 @ 4:34 am

   I woke up grouchy from a disturbed night, or from flaring hormones, who knows? Stayed grim through a long commute, telling myself that my life sucks and I’m not happy. Why do I do this? When I know full well that feeding my conscious mind the opposite thoughts results in peace and joy? After lunch I walked outside to stand in the rain, the first rain in, what, six months? I let it into my pores, into my soul, to moisten the hard kernel of my heart, to allow the germ of happiness to sprout. What a relief, to unclench my brow and smile again.

2. Mrs. Organic
   October 14th, 2009 @ 5:02 am

   I stayed up until 2 am with a heartsick someone providing a listening ear. She scratched her arms and face until they were red with nailmarks, and then blamed the itching on an allergic reaction to Dr. Pepper rather than the narc we both knew she was blitzed on. Sigh.

   Today, I waited while our water heater was fully repaired (no hot water = no shower), picked up my girls from school, ran one to gymnastics, came back home to drop one off and pick the other up for jazz lessons. Then blew off all responsibility and took her shopping for skinny jeans (which she can have just as soon as her grades are back on track). So, nothing really. And still no shower.

3. tara pollard pakosta
   October 14th, 2009 @ 2:34 pm

   gorgeous pictures. I LOVE FALL!
   my fave month is October.
   I need to take the time to savor it like you are right now.
   Yesterday, we had to drive an hour to see our dentist. and we went out to lunch with my best friend and her 2 kids. My girls had a blast with them. We miss them now that we had to move away from them.
   TOday, is a crazy day, I want to take a moment to enjoy it!
   tara

4. Kimberly
   October 14th, 2009 @ 2:35 pm

   The day, hour by hour, slowly piled its weight upon me. Work, family, the past, and always the mundane details. And then I went to a late dinner at a mostly empty restaurant with my new old love. And over simmered tomatoes and garlic and pasta with a glass of dark red wine, he slowly, bit by bit, removed all of my burden – until, at the end of the meal, a smile dashed across my lips and he said “There you are” with happy eyes and a smile of his own. And we went home to burrow together into fuzzy blankets and a down comforter while a cold front crept in the open window.

5. Megsie
   October 14th, 2009 @ 2:36 pm

   I woke up wanting a day for myself…no kids…no husband, knowing full well it was a day of obligations. I had to get the twins to kindergarten early for their field trip to the apple orchard. I needed to pack their lunches. When I went for the cheese and realized that there was no cheese a trip to the grocery store was in order. I didn’t really have time, but my daughter MUST have cheese with her turkey. I ended up not showering (or brushing my teeth) before dropping them at school (mortifying) and I was 30 minutes late to a charity luncheon that I was helping my mom with. From there it all evened out and normalized, but it was a crazy morning and I hate starting the day like that.

   I love your photographs. We have had winter in October for the last several days. It snowed ALL DAY on Monday. The snow is finally melted, but it is still in the 30s. There are still green leaves on the trees, but I expect them to begin turning now that it has gotten so cold so fast. I can’t wait for those beautiful moments that fall usually brings.

6. Lisa
   October 14th, 2009 @ 8:09 pm

   I drove to work in beautiful sunshine lighting up the autumnal leaf displays and came home in the same. I prefer not to dwell on the hours I spent at work! Tonight I painted and wrote so felt better!

7. Jamie Fisher
   October 15th, 2009 @ 5:14 am

   Wow–gorgeous photos! It’s hard for me to really remember Autumn in NY even though we’ve been in FL for only 7 years. It’s also hard to believe that at 1 am it’s still actually 81 degrees outside. Hmmmmm. They keep promising cooler temps. Today was better. We read library books right off the bat, then played with the hose on the dock (remember we live on a boat so the dock is our immediate backyard), ate a late breakfast to Dinosaur Train, lost time somewhere–gave naps I know that, & hung out at the playground (our marina is adjacent to a pretty good size park & very nice playground which my boys feel is their own since we’re there every day) from about 1:30 to 5! Lots of nice kids came & went and J kept wanted to “play with this one boy just a couple of whiles longer.” And C will hang out, too. Okay! After the kids went to bed I lumbered off to the laundromat to do 6, yes 6, loads of laundry. Ugh, but it’s done…except for the 5 shirts I have to re-soak to get out the stains. Didn’t dry them, though, so I do have a chance! I resent the fact that while I was gone doing laundry my husband chose to not wash the sinkful of dishes. Evidently tomorrow I will be doing…a sinkful of dishes at some point.

8. kitkat
   October 15th, 2009 @ 1:56 pm

   Thirty one parents…trapped in a high school auditorium, tables wedged up against each other, I greeted parent after parent and informed them of their childs progress so far. No windows provided the sensation that I was trapped underground. Of course only the parents of the successful students showed up. Came home to realize that I had no beer, cracked a bottle of wine and am paying for it dearly this morning.

9. June
   October 15th, 2009 @ 5:51 pm

   Today? I quit my job. With nothing lined up.

   Eek!

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