The swooning season….
Hello November,
you great big beautiful blustery season
of harvest and homefires and holiday.
I love your generous, engaging way
and your early lamplit evenings,
the deeper sleeps beneath the blankets
and your uncanny gift for drawing chairs up closer around the table.
I love what you do to my heart,
stoking gratitude burning bright and sending me tumbling again
head over heels in love with the ones I love already
but focused in rich and stronger somehow.
You churn up celebration
in the hard business of living
and I appreciate the way you set me to swooning
over the stuff I sometimes forget to see and count and savor.
Here you come again,
the gathering season.
Welcome, you, with all my heart:)
(yeah, I’m an appreciator, so this month is strength and sweetness to my soul;
I’d love to give away two copies of my November zine….the gratitude issue…..to the someone
whose name I draw next week. Leave a comment and I’ll send you one to keep and one to give away.
With much, much love)
“I want my everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that He gave life to someone who loves the gift.”
-Shauna Neiquist
Vibrant and beautiful. And you are an appreciative creator – for which I am so very grateful.
Thanks for your kindness, friend; I appreciate you!
-Jennifer
Dear Jennifer, your climate must be warmer than mine. October is a bit warmer than November for us. It’s raining at the moment and we are supposed to have snow. I’m not ready for the snow yet.
I love how you express your love for November. I hope your November weather is to your liking all the way through. We are changing our clock one hour backward tonight.
Happy Month of November.
Hugs,
JB
Our climate is warmer longer and the cold comes in blasts so the season is extended,
I think. Our mountains got a crazy early snow but here it’s still balmy for November.
I picked my last tomato yesterday. The basil is brown and crunchy now, as are the rest
of the herbs. But still, peppers are thriving. The colors are exquisite.
Thanks for coming by…..I so love sharing our journeys, friend:)
-Jennifer
How beautiful to think of autumn as the swooning season! We swoon in October over here and then again when the snow comes. Gorgeous shots and thoughts.
Thanks for coming by:)
I think our November must be very much like your October.
Southern seasons seem extended somehow.
Big joy to you,
Jennifer
Dear Jen,
After a long long break, I’m finally back in Bloggerland. I’ll take some time to catch up with your posts, oh how I missed the poetic words which make a heart wonder. Sighhh 🙂 It’s so good to be back.
It’s 20°C over here, never had such a warm autumn, but ohhh how I love it! Carving pumpkins and making allergy free cupcakes. Snuggling with my pets and bf.I hope this warm autumn will last a little longer.
Lindsay
Great to see you back!
I hope the warmth wraps you long after the cold sets in:)
Love and welcome always,
Jennifer
Such vibrant energy in those colors. Enjoyed the quote at the end, too.
Thanks for coming by and sharing your presence here, Susan; it’s such a treasure
sharing the journey with you:)
-Jennifer
One of the most beautiful times of year. The photos are lovely Jennifer as are your friends. Happy November!
My friends are lovely, aren’t they…..thank you for drawing my attention again
to that:) You stir such gratitude….I love that about you:)
-Jennifer
Wonderful, you post speaks to me. November and the autumnal colours always give me a warm feeling 🙂
Glad for the warm feeling…..toasty joy to you:)
-Jennifer
Oh this posting so made my heart sing! It’s my all time FAVORITE season and you just nailed it with your amazing writing!
Hope your heart sings as loud as it wants
all season long:)
Thanks for coming by,
Jennifer
I really, really loved this poem…but I kept coming back to this…You churn up celebration
in the hard business of living…so beautiful!!! 🙂
I’m glad for all the churning, aren’t you:)
Thanks for your kind words and always for your visits,
Jennifer
You describe November perfectly! I love it, too. Wishing you a glorious week, Jennifer!
And to you, beautiful Barbara:)
Always thanks,
Jennifer
Indeed, that gift of drawing us around the table is perhaps the greatest gift of November. With its fallen leaves and bleak landscape, it doesn’t seem like the warmest and coziest of months — yet when there is turkey in the oven, family and friends gathered close at had, we marvel at what November brings to us. Happy November!
I love the way you see things, Jeanie…..thanks for coming
by and sharing in your wonderful way:)
-Jennifer
always glad to witness the beauty you find and share ❤
so grateful to get to share the road with you:)
thank you,
Jennifer
I love fall. Jennifer you are such an amazing writer and photographer. Thank you for sharing your gifts and talents with us. xo
I appreciate your warm encouragement.
Just so much:)
thank you,
Jennifer
I love the idea of the gathering month and drawing chairs closer. Much gratitude for reminding me my friend.
Thanks for coming by and sharing your wonderfulness, Donna:)
I appreciate you,
Jennifer
Oh, friend. I would know your art anywhere. Your beautiful heart shines out of your photographs, your words, your handwriting, your cards. I just love you.
Relyn:) what you do to my heart…..no words.
THANK you so much, you beautiful, deeply lovely soul:)
I’m so glad for you,
Jennifer
Hiya Jennifer, you are generous, engaging, and grateful, like the season. No wonder you love it!
Love this post, another of yours that cries to be read aloud.
Thank you for hearing that cry, Connie…it’s on the way,
that slice of wonder I’ve been longing to serve up.
My busy season is ending and I’m diving into just that
thing as soon as the beds are tucked in tight:)
Thank you for saying. Just so much.
-Jennifer