Monday, October 26, 2009

There are Many Reasons to Love Cambridge, but the Best of All is Fall

Usually, I am NOT an autumn person.  Summer is where it's at for me.  Sun.  Warmth.  Blue skies.  T-shirts.  Beaches.  Gardens.  Upon hearing each of these words I am filled with a combination of glee and absolute comfort.  Fall typically affects me in the opposite way.  Instead of glee, I feel dread.  Instead of comfort, I feel out of sorts.  Despite my lament for the passing of summer, in Cambridge I am offered the solace of an autumnal rainbow of leaves quietly assuaging the pain of the impending wind-chills and icy precipitations of winter.  Even I can appreciate the beauty of autumn in a place like this.  The air is crisp and each step is filled with a soundtrack of crunching leaves.

These are a few pics I've taken this fall.  Please click on them to make them big, so you can really see:


Fall Leaf Bouquet made up of fallen leaves on my street.

Annual rowing event on the Charles River, just outside my door:





High School football practice in Athens, Pa.

Cherry and Green Apple Snow Cone.


My Mom's Street.







2 comments:

Unknown said...

Totally gorgeous. I too am learning to love fall. This years been a little bit easier.

Morgan said...

I'd love fall if it weren't quite so chilly. But yes Moonie, you are so very correct. Fall in New England is a piece of heaven. Makes me want to come visit... :(