#NewThisDay Writing from My Photo Stream

I kept thinking I’d find time in this day to actually take a walk. And my Iphone step counter actually says I walked five miles. But it was the kind of mileage accrued by hosting a party for a toddler; not a long walk in the woods with Charlie. Another gorgeous autumn day. Outdoors all day under the clear blue sky and the bright sun. I chased a monarch in the garden. I found a young snake dead in the grass, possibly trampled by the tractor. Much happiness in the air all day and the leaves in yellow and gold. Pumpkins and hay bales and tractor rides. I, myself, have always enjoyed having an October birthday. There was ice on the birdbath this morning. Full moon tonight.

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it,
and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth
seeking the successive autumns."

- George Eliot