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Life Book 2015 - Week 44: My Fall Tree of Dreams


Week 44's short lesson was fairly nebulous though you were to draw a tree with a face and incorporate messages to yourself in the root area of the tree.

My tree is going through the fall seasonal color change.  I miss the midwest fall season. The trees have so much natural color from annual leaf die-off because of the shortening of the day, and it is an amazing visual feast!  After this time of shedding, they go barren and dormant for the harsh winters to wake up in the spring.  (The west has a much more subdued season change.)

I celebrate the richness of nature's beauty that moves us from fall to winter whether we're ready for it or not.  She is signaling us that it is time for hunkering down, taking inventory, and replenishing ourselves through rest and seeding new growth!

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