Amazing Autumn

I'm going to post a pic here and wax a bit sentimental . . . I have to say, I think autumn sunsets and spring sunrises are the most beautiful things in the world, except of course, for baby smiles and rainbows! This autumn is turning out to be such an awesome time. I'm still getting tomatoes and peppers out of the garden and got my eye on the eggplant. Brand new broods of chicks are hatching and it's just quite a time of life at a time when things are usually winding down for the winter. I'm finding myself just a bit overwhelmed with all these goings on as I'm sort of ready for winding down for winter, myself! I believe I'm looking forward to dormancy! I really started a lot of things, thinking there were going to be more people here by now, but as it turns out, I'm really enjoying all these projects. There is something in me that believes I love to get caught up and the concept of coasting is always great in my mind, but when I do get caught up and it feels like I can coast, I just start something else new . . . Go figure. Now, however; I am really looking forward to donning my "writing uniform" and settling in for winter. I'm planning a sort of busy dormancy, and one of those busy projects is my new list of descriptive dichotomies, like "busy dormancy" and "humble confidence." G-d apparently, does not have my plan of dormancy on the agenda at this time, as it was not yet 5:00am when I checked the outdoor temperature. It's 70 degrees with one week of October left. So, I'm thinking, "it" is all going to come together at the same time! That's one of the fun things about homesteading off the beaten path. If I wasn't blogging about it, I could just enjoy the delusion of all the pieces falling into place at the same time, and nobody else would be the wiser.
My preparation for dormancy is a matter of getting my ducks in a row, tying up loose ends, and making peace with a minimal existence, so I can veg-out in front of the computer and live on canned produce and home made soup til March! I've done a bit of soul searching, spiritual inventory, I call it, and I've determined for the rest of my life, I'm going to focus on the possibilities and the successes and stop resurrecting the failures. Perhaps that's why the specific seasonal sunsets and sunrises are so special to me. Sunsets remind me to let go and feel accomplished at the end of the day and sunrises remind me to embrace new opportunities every day!