Summer needs to get some rest.
Fall, it’s time to rise!
Have you any dreams to share
Through cool autumn skies?
Text: Linked to dVerse Meeting the Bar. I am hosting. The theme is sleep. There are no other constraints.
Photos: “RIP Summer ’17”, above that I am linking to Frank Jansen’s Tuesday Photo Challenge with the theme “signs”, and “Changing Maple Leaves”, below. I took both along the Chipilly Woods Trail.
Loved the photo + pictures combination, dialoguing with the anonymous grafitti.
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Thank you, Danik! Some of the graffiti by that train’s bridge in the forest preserve was well done.
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My summer gets soon extended by spending 10 days in Portugal, so my summer dreams have not come to an end so far this year luckily. B-)
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Portugal seems like a place to visit. Enjoy the summer dreams there! Thank you!
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Great work Frank,
I like autumn because after autumn comes winter,
and i love winter because we are so close to spring,
and spring is enchanting because the summer is coming,
and I like summer because we are a step closer to autumn,
I like autumn because after autumn comes winter………
I love life, and therefore, all seasons !
Thank you
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I like all seasons as well. The transition seasons, spring and autumn, feel like the middle ground between extremes, but I don’t want to miss those extremes (unless they are very extreme). Thank you, Ben!
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You certainly have a lovely way with words, Frank.
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Thank you, Robbie! I focus on the sound and hope some reasonable meaning comes through.
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Yes, the heat has stuck around way too long. I hope autumn’s listening….(K)
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It has cooled off here the last couple of days, but it has been very warm. I can feel autumn is wide awake today. Thank you!
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Yes, this evening is finally cool!
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I would like to banish winter & daylight saving time; never turn clocks back or forward, jump from Fall to Spring. When the ice & snow hit around here, secondary to our hills and mountains, driving becomes drudgery. I love the fact I saw your image over at my photography site first; dug it both times.
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I’m glad you liked the image, Glenn! I originally took the photo thinking of your site and then I thought it fit here as well. I don’t think we need these time changes, but going from Fall to Spring might require moving closer to the equator. It is more difficult to get around in the winter here as well.
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Short and sweet but full of cool autumn skies, Frank! have a great weekend!
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Thank you, Kim! I was aiming for short and sweet.
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I mourn for summer really. How great if darkness could be halted. Maybe hibernation might work?
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We could move closer to the equator to avoid winter. Sometimes we go to the Atlantic Ocean for a few weeks in the winter. That is mainly when we take vacations. Thanks, Bjorn!
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I don’t think Summer did enough to deserve any rest this year. I’ll just have to make do with summer dreams.
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Summer sent a few hurricanes toward the end, or that might be autumn waking up from a nightmare. I’ll take whatever dreams are available and hope they are good ones although nightmares might be more interesting and better for me. Thanks, Paul!
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Our summer was a complete wash out this year. Roll on winter and get it over with.
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I think our summer was pretty good, but then I don’t live in the south where the hurricanes hit. That was a wash out, or so I’ve heard. I am looking for the first warm snow to coat the trees. Thanks, Jane!
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If we get snow I’ll die…
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Don’t die! Stay warm and keep writing.
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I’ll try my damnedest, Frank 🙂
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Here in Indiana, summer is refusing to RIP. We’ve had a string of days in the 90’s. Loved the verse. Loved the photo. Autumn is such a feast for the eyes!
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The last two days were cooler for us, but we had a heat spell last week that seemed hotter than all the other weeks last summer. It should soon be over. Thanks, Bev!
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Loved this poem and your leaves, we had a warm day today but the trees are giving way to Autumn, they were spectacular today.
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The maples are the most beautiful trees around here when their leaves change colors. Thank you, Alison!
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Such simple beauty!
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Thank you, Jilly!
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Deceptively simple poem, I like it!
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Thank you, Diana!
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Interesting how you incorporatedoing the seasons into sleep/wake modes- genius.
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I personified the seasons. They blend into each other and we sort of do as people as well especially with what we are thinking, so I figured it might work. Thank you, Vivian!
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You’re welcome!
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September 28th
Back Porch Big
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Says 98
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Hot as Human
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Lose tHeir Cool..
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RefRaiN
For
HuMaNs
HurriCanes BLeed..
Once More A Song of Summers Long..
Hi.. Frank.. we live in iNterestinG
cLOck tiMes
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noThing iS iN seaSon..
Indian Summer DreAMs RuLE NoW BeYonD..:)
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It was very hot here last week. I suspected it had to do with the hurricanes. The last two days have been cool, but still warm. I don’t think we ever reached 98 degrees F. Thank you, Fred, and stay safe with that high temperature.
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SMiLes.. my FriEnd..
i Love observing
All Weather..:)
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I don’t dream (or sleep). But I do so look forward to the slight chill of autumn.
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For some it is still very hot, but the chill is something to look forward to. I think we all dream, but we are not aware of it. I don’t know if it really matters that we are aware of it or not. We get the benefits regardless or so I hope since I don’t remember most of my dreams. Thanks, Marley!
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I always mourn when summer is leaving, but once it is gone, it is gone and I am present with the fall. I guess it is like waking up. I love sleeping, but waking up is rough until I am up, and then I am present with the day. Love your poem Frank!
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My favorite seasons are spring and autumn. They are less extreme, but in winter, I prefer summer. They come back even thought there are days I wonder if they will. Thank you, Mary!
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I hope autumn has some dreams to share as summer quietly slumbers.
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I think it will. All seasons share something. Thank you!
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Upon waking, I usually forget my dreams. Lately, I have been remembering them, about “doing something.” Each one different, each one the same. I think sometimes our night dreams are reflections of your days, only all mixed up.
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Even dreams I remember, I find confusing after writing them down. What I remembered didn’t seem like it really was the dream but only pieces of it that stood out. Thanks, Annell!
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I, too, welcome Autumn–assuming its coming to stay in New York anytime soon! Simple, yet powerful, especially when combined with that photo!
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Autumn’s cool air arrived this past week after a brief hotter than expected week. Thank you, Frank!
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kaykuala
Summer needs to get some rest.
Fall, it’s time to rise!
The ever changing seasons following one another, so the story goes!
Hank
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They keep coming and going like someone rising and going to sleep. Thank you, Hank!
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Very nice, Frank. Fall is my favorite season of the year.
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It is a harvest time. Spring and Fall are my favorite seasons. Thank you, Eugenia!
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This is great Frank. Autumn seems to have come so fast now!
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This past week the autumn air seems clearly here. Thanks, Mary!
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Beautiful idea, Autumn rising to share it’s dreams with us. Your poetry makes me think that maybe the world is ok after all.
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Ultimately the world is OK. What we see that looks depressing are challenges to make it better and opportunities for trust. Thank you!
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Really like your blog!!
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Thank you! I am glad you enjoy it.
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Love this response! That graffiti is great 👍 And, boy do I miss the signs of fall. The leaves 🍂 especially!
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Thank you! It is the second piece of graffiti I found under that train bridge in the forest preserve that I thought worth posting. It is in an isolated area. I am glad you liked those leaves!
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Nature tagging always kinda makes me sad. But, this one is cool 🙂
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