First things first, Thank You ALL for your heartfelt embrace for the passing of my dog, Winston. I appreciate all the love and positive vibrations you all sent up for us.
Now is the time to embrace the Autumnal Equinox –the time when night and day shake hands and share equally in their possession of the earth. Tomorrow we will awaken and the light will begin to withdraw from us earlier and earlier leaving the door open for winter to step in and encircle us.
My Mandala this week is full of the beginning colors of Autumn in these parts. Red is always the first to begin the season of vibrant color and my favorite offering is the candy red seeds of the Magnolia tree. They ring the inside of the mandala all brilliant and shiny! how can you not love them! plus, if you squeeze them they give off a fragrance all their own, sweet and reminiscent of the flowers that they give birth too in the summer. Seed heads from my crop of echinacea and red and green leaves from the Sumac plants that line the edge of the woods, add texture and dimension . I threw in a few mums from my newly planted pots. Making a little room on each plant for more vibrant buds to grow.
Lets part with a poem by Sara Teasdale called September Midnight:
Lyric night of the lingering Indian Summer,
Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing,
Never a bird, but the passionless chant of insects,
Ceaseless, insistent.
The grasshopper’s horn, and far-off, high in the maples,
The wheel of a locust leisurely grinding the silence
Under a moon waning and worn, broken,
Tired with summer.
Let me remember you, voices of little insects,
Weeds in the moonlight, fields that are tangled with asters,
Let me remember, soon will the winter be on us,
Snow-hushed and heavy.
Over my soul murmur your mute benediction,
While I gaze, O fields that rest after harvest,
As those who part look long in the eyes they lean to,
Lest they forget them.
Happy Mandala Monday!! Enjoy your week 🙂
Girl Unwinding 