Seasonal change

The seasons are definitely on the move here. I increasingly wake to decent frosts and the leaves continue to fall. The continuous grey and rain of two weeks ago (and more!) has finally departed and we are left with primarily cold clear days. It has been years since I lived in a location with this much change to the seasons in Autumn. I find it both soothing and exhilarating. The progression is in some ways predictable and reminds my of my childhood, but yet I am excited every day to wake up and get out and notice the changes from the day before. To feel if the air has changed or the texture of the ground.

Now it just needs to snow! I'm probably going to be like a kid when that happens, it has been too long since I could enjoy snow without working about the logistics of commuting and transit. And I have a new winter coat!!

One obvious change that I will be coping with (despite daylight savings) for the next few months is the later and later rising of the sun. I now regularly watch the sun rise on campus . . . and though it is difficult to get up and ready in the dark, I really find sunrises inspiring and more hopeful than Obama. I might try that goal of seeing every dawn for a year this year - it only lasted a few weeks last time, but maybe I will set my goals to be more manageable this time.


It has been a rough week, but waking up to a frost and a slow, even sunrise makes it so much better.

(Brief) Sunday Photo Post!

You will notice there are no red leafs here - not even the ones falling from the trees.

The first photo is the newest addition to my desk - a tigger figurine! It was give to me by a friend on random act of kindness day (who knew that existed?). Nothing like a Tigger to move your mood in a positive direction



The next photo actually has relevance to the last post - It is the sunrise through my office window from the perspective of my desk - obviously prettier in person then on film - sorry!



The last photo is of a Lego Advent Calender. If you don't know what that is, you are missing out! Everyday you get a few more pieces to assemble and in the end you have a whole set/scene. There is a different theme each year. This one is clearly "City." It is difficult to find these in the states (I've tried!) and here it was in bike-able distance! However, it cost $40 which I frankly can't afford to spend on something with only emotional value at this point. So I did not buy it. :( On the plus side it is another indicator that christmas is on it's way!