I think fall is one of my favourite seasons. We've had a really nice long and warm early autumn and now the rainy season has begun - and I like it. Last weekend it rained and then the sun came out. I went for a brief walk around the neighbourhood and took some pictures of the wonderful fall colours. Everything was so intense just after the rain. Really wonderful.
Here are some pictures of our neighbourhood trees in the fall:
The wet red leaves on the sidewalk were just wonderful - the pictures does the reality no justice...
Sun peaking through the leaves after the rain:
An our beautiful hortensias all dressed up in autumn purple:
I've been putting off updating this blog for a while. I wanted to write something meaningful and couldn't seem to find the quiet moment I thought I needed for this.
A couple of days after the last post one of the readers of this blog passed away. She was my father's aunt, well into her eighties and it all happened very suddenly and quickly. She didn't have a computer or the internet, so my mom printed the posts out for her and sent them to her by mail. She enjoyed reading the stories about our family. I was looking forward to visiting her with the kids this winter. I wanted her to meet the children she had been reading about.
I feel a sense of loss that we never had that opportunity. She had a picture of Liam on her bedside table. It really touched me to find out how much she cared about us. It's a delicate thing: the bonds of relationships in families and around the world. We feel confident that someone will be there, that we will share time together and then suddenly, a person dies and we are left with the memories of the past and the memories of our plans for the future.
All we have are the relationships with the people we love and we care about. It is the most precious thing - and one of the most fragile.
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