Here it is - the season of change. The beauty of the autumnal extravaganza. Arlington Cemetery is always a beautifully peaceful place to stroll among the mighty oaks, their canopy just starting to think about this change that is coming soon. It hasn't yes, but, this vision will be coming our way soon, soon, soon.

I never want to waste a moment of the season, so short and sweet they are. I inhale it in one smell, the near ripeness of the pine, pushing out pinecones for the next generation to come. Exposed and unadorned, nature reveals her beauty.

The light streams down, filtered by the branches, making play of the light and the shadows.

Today is #TreeTuesday initiated by @Old-Guy-Photos. Let's see some of those amazing tree posts! Drop your link!!

Touch me.

It begs me to run my hands along the textured loveliness of the bark.

Feel how I feel.

Royal Naval Dockyard, on the west end of Bermuda.

Bermuda Clocktower Mall. Located at the Royal Naval Dockyard, it's hard to miss this impressive building with its twin clock towers. The two towers on the two sides of the building are 100-foot high, one having a clock that shows the real-time and the other with a clock that shows the time of the high tide. See here!

To be fair, it is surrounded by beautiful palms... Seriously! Today is #TreeTuesday! Look harder!

Wherever you go, whatever you do, don't forget to see all that Mother Nature offers you. Beauty for nothing and the chicks are free. I heard that somewhere. When they throw in a dude or two, I'll be collecting.

You heard it here first.

A flower. Yes. There must always be a flower. This photo is for #TuesdayOrange #ColorChallenge with @Kalemandra, who colors my world every day. Breathe deeply of the essence, before she goes to sleep, sleep, sleep.

I want to thank you for walking through my #TreeTuesday, eclectic and true, brought by me to you. And just that quick, this show is over. Tag me and I will visit you too! Thank you!

Love is all around you!

Life is good. Embrace it!

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Thank you for visiting my post 💖 Because of you, I come back to post, again and again, I am encouraged by you, for the time you take to visit, comment or even upvote. For all of these reasons, I am eternally grateful. Don't ever forget what a wonderful world we live in, people. Some days, it is not as easy to see, how wonderful it really is. Kindness counts. Wherever you go, whatever you do.

¸.♥´¸.•♥¨) Let the sun shine in on your life
So the joy may touch your soul
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I always post this poem down at the bottom of my posts. It is one that has become so near and dear to my heart. I only post the most famous part of it, but, wanted to post it in its entirety today.

they set my aunts house on fire
i cried the way women on tv do
folding at the middle
like a five pound note.
i called the boy who use to love me
tried to ‘okay’ my voice
i said hello
he said warsan, what’s wrong, what’s happened?

i’ve been praying,
and these are what my prayers look like;
dear god
i come from two countries
one is thirsty
the other is on fire
both need water.

later that night
i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered,
"where does it hurt?"
it answered,

"everywhere"
"everywhere"
"everywhere"

warsan shire

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