Man sometimes has to go outside to ‘blow out’ and to relax in nature. A good place for this is the sea. Especially during this period of the year, it can sometimes blow well there and one has to fight against the wind. A long walk in this autumn weather can do such a virtue and completely change the senses.
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A Good time for a stroll
Time to go for a stroll!
After Halloween, we have now arrived at Thanksgiving, the first of a series of holidays where we get together with the family to socialise.
Now that autumn is here, we can enjoy the splendour of nature’s colours outside.
Breathtaking forest panoramas and spectacular displays of colours abound on woodland and forest paths across our countryside. Experience golden oak forests, dazzling blue lakes and, if you’re lucky, some wildlife during your next autumn walk. according to some
There is no better time to go for a stroll!
De geest wordt niet zwak, maar het instrument verslijt – The mind does not become weak, but the instrument wears out
Erg genoeg kunnen wij bepaalde processen in het leven van de mens niet tegenhouden.
Het is heel mooi wanneer wij de pasgeborene de eerste geluidjes en bewegingen zien maken. De eerste stappen mogen ons ontroeren. Trots mogen wij zijn op die eerste verwezenlijkingen van die oh zo jonge mens.
De mens groeit op en wordt wijzer, steeds meer vaardiger om zich uit te drukken en uit de slag te trekken.
De wereld begint te vertragen nu de winter nadert en we hebben deze gelegenheid om dankbaar te zijn.
We hebben de tijd om de heiligheid van het leven te eren, tijd om blij te zijn met ons verleden en hoopvol voor onze toekomst, tijd om blij te zijn met de mensen in ons leven en tijd om eerlijk en oprecht te zijn in alle dingen ❤
Het komt zelfs zo ver dat niet enkel het lichaam de jaren begint te vertonen, maar dat ook de hersenen niet meer mee willen, zoals vroeger.
Met de jaren zou men denken, komt de wijsheid en kunde, maar ook begint men de weerslag te zien van meerdere tegenslagen en ziekten. Na een tijd kan men het verouderende lichaam zien.
Men gaat zich afragen hoe het gesteld is met de geest van die ‘bejaarde’.
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Bad enough, we cannot stop certain processes in human life.
It is very beautiful when we see the newborn making its first sounds and movements. The first steps may move us. We can be proud of those first achievements of that oh so young human being.
Man grows up and becomes wiser, more and more skilled at expressing himself and getting out of the way.
The world begins to slow down as winter approaches and we have this opportunity to be thankful.
We have the time to honour the sacredness of life, time to be happy with our past and hopeful for our future, time to be joyous with the people in our life, and time to be honest and truthful in all things ❤
Rudolf Steiner said:
As people grow older, they do not become weak or even feeble-minded, but they become more spiritual (German: geistig-seelischer). Only then the body is worn out and one cannot bring the spiritual-psychic, which one has formed, to revelation through the body.
This is similar to a pianist, who could become an ever better player; however, if the piano is worn out, one cannot notice anything. If you want to know his abilities as a pianist only from his piano playing, however, the piano is out of tune and has broken strings, you will not be able to tell much from his playing.Thus, Kant, when he was an old man and feeble-minded, became, for the spiritual world, not feeble-minded but great (German: glorios) {Rudolf Steiner – GA 181 – Erdensterben und Weltenleben – Berlijn, 2 april 1918 (bladzijde 185)}
Als de mensen ouder worden, worden ze niet zwak of zelfs zwakzinnig, maar ze worden geestelijker (Duits: geistig-seelischer). Alleen is dan het …
De geest wordt niet zwak, maar het instrument verslijt
Is not this a true Autumn day?
* Is not this a true autumn day?Just the still melancholy that I love –that makes life and nature harmonize.The birds are consulting about their …
Is not this a true Autumn day?
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Trees Facing Wintertime
We had some warmer weather than usual, but at last, the time has come that dead leaves start to fall,
Yielding gently to the call
Of the autumn wind.
Half reluctantly they go,
Falter, waver to and fro,
Glancing oft behind. {Ruby Archer}
Though our surroundings are full of houses, luckily here and there we might still find some trees standing erect. Now the time has come that the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars, not willing to give in to the winds which wants them to throw down. Some trees bend, others keep upright, proudly looking forward to the season when they will flaunt their leaves again.
For now, they are standing proudly, leaving the light caressing their branches, whilst giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfilment,
Symbolism of the bear
Text and image source: Art by Verena Wild
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Seasonal Writing
“Autumn…the year’s last, loveliest smile.”
― John Howard Bryant
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Autumn breeze rustling brown leaves,
Littering the path home,
Veiled by an ochre gradient of life
Mortal, stunning and gorgeous –
Life is beautiful.
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Large columns and broken tiles,
Newspaper scraps blanket the floor.
Abandoned sculptures and
Half-burnt manuscripts
Dwell in these hallways.
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Gauzy clouds and a drizzle,
Deafening thunder; bursts of lightning
Shed light on these secrets of old
Unspoken whispers of pain
Drift through these carpeted halls.
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Midnight blue ink bleeds through
Struck out words, dry ideas
Wander lost and dreamily through these pages,
Twirling in the moonlight –
They sink into forgotten worlds.
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The world outside cowers under nature’s wrath,
While words fail to appear,
These thoughts scream themselves sore;
Silenced by the downpour
But forever inspired by the falling leaf.
“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall…
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Planting in a border to get a stunning showcase next year
Autumn is a time to reflect on the garden to remind ourselves of the successful ideas of the past year, as well as those areas in which we need to take a different tack. Although tulip bulbs have been in garden centres for a number of weeks, November is an optimum time to plant as the weather is colder, which deters the disease of tulip fire.
If you have suffered with tulip fire in the past, then fungus will die off due to a lack of a host, and then you can start tentatively to introduce tulip bulbs to your borders again.
would suggest that you avoid planting tulips in that area for a few years and grow your tulips in pots. After a few years, theTulips are sun worshippers, so for the best results plant your bulbs in a sunny position, whether that’s in a border or container. Tulips detest a damp, waterlogged soil, so those of us with free-draining soil tend to be more successful at growing them in borders. If your soil is heavier and prone to winter waterlogging, then try growing them in containers where the soil can be controlled, as can the watering regime.
Read more top tips for planting in your border, getting the key to a stunning showcase next year, and follow these top tips and how to make your own tulip tiramisu.
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The fall of love
I want to travel back in time
to the best time of my life
I want to travel back in time
to the time I was young and in love
winds clearing branches of their leaves
The yellow, the red, the brown leaves
Temperatures falling,
A sign that fall again is here
it has come around again,
Just as it did when I was young and naive
It caught me by surprise and off my guard
And before I knew it, I fell hard
Fall would be the season I would fall in love
It was a regular, ordinary day like any other
Made the most significant day of my entire life
I remember the time, the place, the earth-shattering revelation
I could tell you the time, the place, the girl
But then again, why?
It was so long ago, why should I even care?
It may as well be…
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Adventure
Summer is the ideal opportunity to go out into nature and let the mind drain but also expand with wonderful new thoughts and energy, given to us by beautiful nature.
Even though we may know that autumn is not so far off, we know that when it comes, we will still be reminiscing about that previous summer.
On the road so long
voices and stones are picked up
a myriad trees have been summed up
the wilderness broadens the horizon
of autumn
the desert sand is
a water-finding footprint
they say a wandering
camel always
finds its way home
i want to know where
to shelter the soul
on this journey
the autumnal water
has no borders
a touch of solar system on the trail
we must pass
toward the shining direction
of our heart
the moon is thin
stars are sparse
the sea and sky as one
a pillow of dewdrops
let dreams be the coat
the keeps us warm
wrap up the lassitude
softly and gently
lay it in the middle
of the hallowed lake
keep the open space
desolation and strangeness
in the bag
along the route
of unremembered days
stars make a quilt
wind makes a bed
we surrender our carapace
to the…
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Seasons and You
You got the warmth and care in you of Summer for people you love from your heart.
You got the blossoming nature in you of Spring for people who are confused and who can use your help.
You got the nature of the Rainy in you because you know you cry and don’t feel bad and ashamed about it. This is you and you have embraced it. But also when someone sheds tears for you, you feel them. You understand them.
You got the nature of Autumn in you because you know things falls apart, bonds fall apart but eventually with proper wait, right things grow and right people come to admire us. You’re growing and you’re always admired.
You got the nature of Winter in you because you like cozy and cute things like books, stationary stuff, etc. Something which gives you a sense of soothing. Hold these on…
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Storms are Coming
storms are coming,
as the skies grow dark, remember,
you can’t dodge the rain
Copyright 2021 Brenda Davis Harsham
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Reinvented
The trees are filled with blossoms they wave beneath the pale sky like pink hands of impish children. Meet me in the orchard before summer slips away, I want to dip my hand in the cold brook just to feel the ache. Naked among bird of paradise sun-drenched thighs wet with dew feed me sweet red apples while they are nothing more than fruit.
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Józef Świder, Jan Kochanowski – What do you want from us, Lord
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Józef Świder, Jan Kochanowski – Wat wilt u van ons, Heer: “Czego chcesz od nas Panie”
Agata Galik – harfa/harp
Henryk Wojnarowski – dyrygent/conductor
Chór Filharmonii Narodowej w Warszawie
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
koncert zarejestrowano 1 kwietnia 2016 w sali koncertowej Filharmonii Narodowej
recorded at Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, April 01, 2016
Realizacja Telewizja Polska S.A.
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What do you want from us, Lord, for your generous gifts?
What are the benefits that you have not measured?
The Church will not embrace you, everywhere you are full,
And in the abyss and in the sea, on earth, in the sky.
I also don’t want gold, because it’s all yours,
Whatever is changing in this world.
Lord with grateful heart, we confess
Because we don’t have a more handsome victim.
You are the Lord of all the world, You have built the sky
And he embroidered beautifully with golden stars;
You founded the unearthed ground
And you covered her nakedness with various herbs.
At your command the sea stands in the shores
And the intended borders jump over afraid;
Rivers of uncounted waters have great generosity.
White day and dark night know their times.
You will see many flowers Spring gives birth,
You are in a wreath of flowers Summer is here.
Autumn wine and various apples,
Then lazy Winter gets up.
By your grace, the night dew on bland herbs will fall,
And the die-hard grain rain comes alive;
At your hands every animal looks at its food,
And you feed everyone on your generosity.
Be praised forever, immortal Lord!
Your grace, Your goodness will never cease.
Hide us while you deign in this low land;
Let me be one under Your wings!
[Jan Kochanowski, XXV Song from the Second Books, published in 1562. A masterpiece of Polish poetry.]
Jan Kochanowski, (born 1530, Sycyna, Poland—died August 22, 1584, Lublin), humanist poet who dominated the culture of Renaissance Poland.
Born into the country nobility, Kochanowski studied at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and later, between 1552 and 1559, at the University of Padua in Italy. On his return to Poland in 1559, he served as a secretary at the royal court in Kraków. He married about 1575 and retired to his family estate at Czarnolas, in central Poland.
Dutch version / Nederlandse versie: Józef Świder, Jan Kochanowski – Wat wilt u van ons, Heer
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Measure of loneliness whilst time drags
Wen Autumn comes in the land lots of people seem to come to think about “Life and death”. Not only are there the many pagan festivals like Halloween, Samhain, Witches Night, All Saints, All Souls, and commemorative services for the many casualties of war.
Back in Wintertime, having the darkness falling earlier, people retreated in their house, after work, often feel more lonely and wonder also what they are doing in this world and why. For many this life seems a great big burden. They do not seem to be able to feel any joy in having to get up to go to work every day and not being appreciated for what they do.
Even when nature does not really die, for many it feels like dying. The leaves falls off, and we hear less singing of the birds. The different bugs and the animals “hide” whilst the colourful flowers “falls to rest”. But for man it does not seem to offer a moment for rest. The opposite Autumn for most people comes after the moment of joy and rest, after the pleasant Summer holiday.
Now we are confronted with a time of reflection, having us wondering about life and death. Now we also want to fill up time with reading more and watching more television, willing to escape from daily business. For many the distraction does not seem enough to take away the feeling of loneliness, instead it pushes it more to the forefront.
C.E. Pereira writes
The measure of loneliness.
The day drags on, slowly.
A long wait for night.
Time is mocking you.Night doesn’t bring relief.
Sleep is but a dream.
Sixty seconds, a minute past.
You watch the hour hand.Each second of time.
In slow motion, a split.
Is time stuck? Tell me.
No. Time is not stuck.Time moves on, not me.
The pull of quicksand.
Time drags, time crawls.
Sinking into loneliness.Happiness makes time fly.
Loneliness makes time crawl.
It is but an illusion we create.
Time is constant. Timeless.{Time drags, time crawls C.E. Pereira – 16-10-2019}
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Preceding
Just a thought for this month of Changing colours in Western Europe
What traditions/rituals/routines do you have for welcoming Autumn?
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happy halloween showing how with parties at preschool children are already taken away from the holy days of God and connected or lured in the pagan festivals to become part of this world instead of becoming part of the World of God
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- Entry #14 – Loneliness
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- Time and place…
Come To The Quiet!
The rustling leaves want to whisper a lot to humanity. They hope that their fall song will reach some kind-hearted.
Though not many want to know or see that the surroundings where they are living in are a gift of the Divine Maker, Who has a plan for mankind but also wants us to take care of the earth and all living beings on it.
COME TO THE QUIET
Do you hear it?Can you perceive it?The voice of God is callingRevealing bit by bitThe plan of your life laid outDoes He have to use a shout?To get the message to youExplaining all that it is about?Perhaps in all your busy waysThe quiet does not comeGod is calling you to STOPAnd know where peace is fromYou must let your words be fewTaking time to really hearKnowing God is speaking to youAnd that His Presence is so nearCome, Come to the quietSettle yourself to receiveGod is waiting to impartDirection and faith to believe!A word from the Lord in a poem as given to Nancy Young 9/21/2018 Ecclesiastes 5 "Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear…for God is in heaven, and thou upon…
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Just a thought for this month of Changing colours in Western Europe
The North and West of Belgium may look like a country full of bricks, full of houses with here and there some green trying to stay straight and alive. Where there can be found trees and fields the landscape is changing to red, yellow and golden colours. In the little gardens we may have mushrooms are the living proof we are in fall.
From the Schmidlin Family Farm we hear that at their place, in the Pacific Coast Range of Northern Oregon,
Fall seemed to only last a week this year in the Pacific Northwest.
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the vibrant hues of the trees as the leaves turned from greens to wild splashes of color was only in full display a short while.
Storms that came in from the ocean sent wind and rain driving sideways at times. They lashed at the vegetation and ripped the tender stems of the leaves right off the trees that are drifting into slumber in preparation for the cold ahead. {From Vivid To Bare}
For the moment in Belgium we did not receive our portion of Autumn storms, but the temperature indicators do not seem to know where to go, one day cold the other day warm (? 17° C) for the time of year.
This year in Flemish Brabant the trees started already becoming brown in July (because of the water shortage for two years already), though in the South of France in September we could find lovely green colours and later in October them starting to give way to red, yellow and gold. They want to show the world they are strong and not yet willing to give away the crown they may be in the sky. Whilst mother earth cries unto them they sing their song in the wind, calling for memories and tricking us into lovely walks in nature.
At some places in Europe the birches are master of the surroundings. At the Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve it won’t be long until they lose their leaves, so the park strongly advise to get out there now – or we’ll miss the best autumn colours!
Loch Kinord has been looking especially pretty with the yellow birches. There’s just something about reflections on water that makes things extra-beautiful. {Golden Autumn Days – Muir of Dinnet NNR}
How long did we looked forward to sunny and warm days, and how quickly they are gone. Though at for some years, at certain times in Belgium it looked like we only had two seasons, a wet one and a wetter (and colder) season. With global warming we are treated with more extremes, hotter days but also more heavy winds and rainstorms. Some parts in West Europe receive in a few hours the amount of water which would normally fall there in three months. Without any concession, the water takes everything it can grab and drags it along into the depths or miles further to throw it on one large scrap heap. Cleaning up is all what rests for those who could survive the sudden torrent.
Is it not water then there are the flames which love to lick the earth and get tourists flee their resorts of rest. That way the flames get those fleeing people thinking about the drought and how they too are responsible for what is going on with nature which seems to have lost its wheel.
Is it the slow speed by which this year wants to announce the coming Winter, that I may be feeling a little bit down? Or is it my awareness that mankind has not treated his surroundings very well? Is it me feeling like man has lost his connection with mother earth or not willing to take care of it any more?
Though Fall brings us such magnificent colours and when we look at the many blogs and at Instagram, we are treated with an incredible world of magic. But that magical colourful world is something which seems to be far away from the industrialised economical world of West Europe. Most people not receiving enough time to go to the parks and to enjoy the changing nature.
The trees call out and reach to the people down there. But they do not seem to hear or seem not wanting to see. Even when youngsters already for months call those in charge of governments to become aware that we should turn our way of life and have to make serious measure to protect our earth.
Let those voices on the streets in the big cities know that their honest cry is heard, by those who can live in that beautiful nature, which seems to be strangled by industry and by profit-seeking investors. The trees may be leaning in close to encourage another and want to give the people who live around them the lovely sweets of a year of pride standing high above the earth and streaming water. Now
it’s as though
Heaven itself conjoins with Earth. {Encouragement}
Is it not that the youngsters of today could also need some encouragement? Or should they become the driving force to get those older people coming to change their attitude of life? Perhaps the roles have to be switched and in this age it have to be the younger ones to bring the older ones to the senses?
It is just my (feeling down) thought for today.
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Find some Autumn reflections and lovely pictures at
- Encouragement
- Golden Autumn Days – Muir of Dinnet NNR
- virginia hikes: Mount Pleasant loop, October 24 2019
- Fahnestock Flora
- Spectacular Color along the Parkway
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Additional reading
- Temperatures rising
- Air-conditioning treath and HFCs extremely powerful heat-trappers
- Global watershortages and Worsening food security conditions
- June – July 2019
- Stepping forward with public commitments for Making different sectors carbon neutral by 2050
- Reducing effects of environmental disasters
- After the Summer-holiday thinking even more about God’s creation
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Autumn Grandor!
Every year over and over again we come to see the seasons presenting the beginning of new life, the grandeur of the fruitfulness, the changing colours and light shades before we receive a white carpet, having us to escape the wind and cold air, looking for warmth in the house.
AUTUMN GRANDOR
Out of the house with noisy clamor Sunshine and flowers and colors galore Experiencing joy and giddy laughter Breathing fresh air and so much more Seasons are changing and causing a pause Shifting of gears and temperature loss Rearranging my closet and getting prepared For crisp morning wakeups and frost I’ll celebrate change and embrace its renewing Of memories from past days of life When school days and ball games Fulfilled the expanse free of strife I’ll once again welcome, in great expectation The beauty, the freshness, the glory Amazing sunsets and full moon rising With maple and pine telling the story Of God’s creation in awesome display The wonder and beauty of all Breaking through summer’s doldrums This remarkable, beautiful FALL The picture he’s painted no words can describe Though words will inadequately flow I try to describe the grandeur before me Take a walk in the…
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