The tree in my front yard has been showering the green ground with yellow and orange leaves for the past 48 hours. Our temperatures are not falling with the leaves. With highs in the 80s and 90s still, I have found myself grumbling and wishing for highs of 72 instead of lows of 76. I have grown tired of shorts and flip flops and am ready to drink lattes while wearing jeans and a sweater without dying of heat stroke.
But then as my son and I were playing in the yard and I noticed his beautiful bare feet contradicting the fallen leaves, I realized how beautiful this is. Warm temperatures, leaves crunching underfoot. And I thought back to the long string of cold we had last year and how I complained about that too. I don’t want to be that girl who always wants what she doesn’t have.
When the temperatures drop, I will embrace it. I will happily throw on a turtleneck, light some candles and curl up with a book and a pumpkin spice latte. But right now I am loving barefeet in the leaves.
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Love that you’re enjoying the here and now!!!!
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That pic is beautiful! I am with you – I think I complain too much about whatever I am experiencing at the moment. I need to just enjoy it for what it is a little more.
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Sometimes I feel like that, too…. always wishing for the next thing instead of appreciating where I am right now. I want to be happy in the moment, and not keep wishing my life away. Thanks for this great reminder!
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Marvelous reminder to appreciate the moments… they are fleeting.
Blessings on the journey~
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I know what you mean! As soon as it started getting chilly this week in the great state of Minnesota, instead of grumbling grumbling grumbling (no more summer, no more dinners on the deck, no more lemonade, no more sprinklers…etcetc) I decided to embrace the weather! And I LOVE it! It got a little warmer today and I actually wanted it to be brisk and windy!
Once I am in the middle of any season – I love it. Curling up with blankets and popcorn and hot cocoa, having picknicks by the lake, jumping in puddles, or building snow forts, I really do like them all- it’s just the transition that I have disliked…not anymore!
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Emily Reply:
September 9th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Just that cozy looking turtleneck you are wearing in your pic is challenging me to love my still 90 degree days
I just remind myself the hot will be gone all too soon and I’ll be daydreaming of skirts and flip flops in no time.
xoxo
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Beautifully said! And a wonderful reminder to embrace what is and find contentment there. Not always the easiest thing for me…
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Great post- this is something I need reminding of, as I’m always complaining about the heat and lack of seasons here in Florida.
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Oh, you have a smidge of fall. It is going to be near 100 here today and everything is super wet thanks to Tropical Depression Hermine.
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What a wonderful article and beautiful picture! You really captured the moment with it. Thanks for the reminder to enjoy the gift of today that God has given us. It is a unique gift…one of a kind…and sometimes I find myself not being grateful for it…too hot..soon too cold…I commit to stop doing this and just appreciate the beauty of the day we have been given…even when its not my favorite weather. Thank you!!! Enjoy the pretty leaves!
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A good reminder to enjoy the moment you are in.
Embrace and enjoy the different seasons- even if it is barefoot feet and autumn leaves.
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I’ve had the very same thought! These warm, crunchy days with the cool evenings. It’s good…but it’s about to get even better.
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oh my heart. how often do we have to remind ourselves to love the moment, whatever the moment has brought us?? Don’t know why its so hard to remember, but I’m with you. I’m back & forth between wanting fall to come and not being ready for summer to be over. This summer in particular felt like the of a dragonfly’s left eye. [For the record, though, I AM a bit sick of the flip flops. I think I officially overdosed this year.]
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I am so very ready for some cooler weather here in southeast Alabama. It has been so hot and humid this summer. I am either having hot flashes or power surges! But either way, I am looking forward to actually being cold. I loved this post!
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Those bare feet with fallen leaves – love it. This is the first fall season that I haven’t rushed, and I’m enjoying it. Being at the beach last weekend would normally have me grumbly. Beach weather is over! But I chose instead to be thankful for it, and I’m glad. Great reminder. Great shot.
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A much needed reminder to be content in the moment; thanks!
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gorgeous photo. loved that you celebrated fall with your son.
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I love this wonderful reminder to embrace what we have in the moment. Wonderful post! I love the photo!:)
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