Peaceful Feelings
As late fall gives way to early winter there is an incredible quiet and peaceful feeling that comes over the rural Illinois landscape. Why this should be so is hard to explain. The trees in the timber have lost their leaves and stand like charcoal gray silhouettes in the background. The sounds of summer which are usually filled with the busy chatter of birds gives way to a silence disturbed only by the wind whistling through nearby objects. The grain harvest is all in except for a few end rows left to feed the wildlife. People are staying inside more and migrating and hibernating animals have disappeared from the scene. Insect activity too has come to a halt. Peaceful? Absolutely. I think it is because there is a sense now that the hustle and bustle of spring and summer with all of it’s implied potentiality is long gone and it gives way to a sense of not having so much to think about and do. A person can actually slow down now just as nature has done and get a little much needed rest. I absolutely love this time of year. I’m all about peace and rest. Soak it in. Revel in it if you like. Slow down and relax. There will be time for busyness again come spring. Cheers.
Peaceful Feelings
As late fall gives way to early winter there is an incredible quiet and peaceful feeling that comes over the rural Illinois landscape. Why this should be so is hard to explain. The trees in the timber have lost their leaves and stand like charcoal gray silhouettes in the background. The sounds of summer which are usually filled with the busy chatter of birds gives way to a silence disturbed only by the wind whistling through nearby objects. The grain harvest is all in except for a few end rows left to feed the wildlife. People are staying inside more and migrating and hibernating animals have disappeared from the scene. Insect activity too has come to a halt. Peaceful? Absolutely. I think it is because there is a sense now that the hustle and bustle of spring and summer with all of it’s implied potentiality is long gone and it gives way to a sense of not having so much to think about and do. A person can actually slow down now just as nature has done and get a little much needed rest. I absolutely love this time of year. I’m all about peace and rest. Soak it in. Revel in it if you like. Slow down and relax. There will be time for busyness again come spring. Cheers.