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| Playing by light of the harvest moon. |
Since arriving in Iowa, I have missed part of or all of a spring, summer and winter due to Jack’s traveling internships but have been blessed with four full autumns. I’m not sure I can pin my finger on the exact reason I love fall so much, whether it reminds me of school starting (which I am now mature enough to admit I miss attending school–college in particular), or of Montreal (autumn and Quebec are just synonymous for some reason) or if it’s simply the “Goonies” weather (as Jack and I have dubbed it) and fiery sunsets and displays of leaves.
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| Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds must have been filmed at our house. We literally see thousands of grackles, starlings and other blackbirds swarm to our house each autumn. |
Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland also evokes a feel of autumn. Despite being about spring, my oldest and very musically talented sister send me a copy during my first brisk autumn in Montreal. Now I listen to it at the beginning of every autumn and reminisce.
Whatever the reason, I’m happy to have one final autumn before the beginning of a new adventure. I hope the next place has as wonderful autumns as here.
4 Responses
I love autumn here in the midwest! How's the adjustment going with the new baby? Hope you are doing well!
Bobi
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Beautiful song! I think I will have to play that one again. 🙂
Dalayna
I love the picture of the kids playing under the moon… gorgeous!
We are getting along pretty well! It was a lot easier to transition to three kids with some help from the extended family.