a sense of haiku

1888. reddest of red

red is red is red

but there is the reddest red

the king of all reds 🦊❤️

Now is the time of year that all of the tiny Japanese Maple trees that are hidden here and there throughout the trails suddenly explode into bursts of brilliant color and their secret locations are revealed. 🦊❤️

1887. look at that!

streaking through the green

a contrail of bright colors

caused us to halt… “look!” 🦊❤️

Yulan had just commented that the woods and trails were put here by God so that we would enjoy looking at them. Such a simple declaration made total sense to me. A short time later a brilliant tail of colors from a Japanese Maple comet that was streaking through the trees roared by. 🦊❤️

1886. savoring

as light as pure air

limoncello layer cake

lost in savoring 🦊❤️

We attended a memorial luncheon in a small, quaint, Italian restaurant yesterday. I think it was the best food I have ever eaten. I am not a “foodie”. I eat plainly and am not a raver about food I’ve eaten. But yesterday was different and the pinnacle of my raving was the limoncello layer cake. I found myself sitting between bites in a savoring daze, wishing that the piece of heavenly cake would last forever. 🦊❤️

1885. picture perfect

the perfect picture

a black cat and a pumpkin

so halloweeny 🦊❤️

We coaxed and coaxed a friendly black cat we encountered to stand near a pumpkin. No luck… until we walked away then she sidled up to the pumpkin. Just like a cat!!! 🦊❤️

1884. all saints day

maybe we’ll be saints

if we just love our neighbor

as we love ourselves? 🦊❤️

Today is All Saints Day that remembers souls who have been elevated to proclaimed Sainthood by their good deeds, sufferings and miracles attributed to them after their deaths. Today is a great day to practice to be a Saint no matter how unsung. 🦊❤️