OUR STATELY USHER

I'm a fan of color. Perhaps that's one of the reasons I love Fall. Autumn has a stately quality about it, as if the earth were waiting for some important event. Have you ever walked in a wooded area during Fall and noted the quiet? As if the area were silently biding its time--but, for what? For whom?

Perhaps, for you. Who else would Nature want to show off for than for someone who appreciates her beauty enough to stop and take the time to look around? Notice the echos made by animals scurrying around preparing for Winter. And breathe. Don't you love the aroma of Fall? The season brings forth a richness of hues, feelings, smells and sounds.

It evokes images of apples, pumpkins, gourds and corn stalks. One can almost taste the tang of apple cider. Smell gingerbread baking. Hear Canadian geese honking their way South. And sense leaves silently rustle from branches to ground.