whispers

From my kitchen window I watch them fall.  Autumn's leaves letting go and descending to the earth.  Some so graceful dancing on every breeze, others twirling and playful like a child, then a few taking a direct descent as if they can't fall fast enough.  I find myself mesmerized and remembering this proverb, "The fall of a leaf is a whisper to the living."  This makes me smile as I return my gaze back out my window, mindful of the whispers.

What is whispering in your ear?  Won't you show us?

Comments

[Marcie]

What a sweet post and beautiful image. I think it's the call of the change-in-seasons that I''m hearing. The fall migration. The birds flying south.
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=968

[Jade Sheldon]

The leaves are also speaking to me...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmsheldon/4077825665/

[camerashymomma]

oh my!! that photo is amazing.
sometimes my whispers are more like shouts :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerashymomma/4097502900/

[Katrina Kennedy]

They are more than a whisper, but spoke in a similar way. They travel through town every year this time and for some reason this year chose our trees as their perch. They only stopped by for the evening.

http://ianck.blogspot.com/2009/11/stopping-by-for-evening.html

[xanthe]

i've been mesmerized by dancing leaves too...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xantheberkeley/4060278489/
beautiful post...x.

[Kara]

Just beautiful - I also admired the leaves yesterday. It is a beautiful time of year that ushers change.

http://ketchupjars.com/2009/11/11/autumn-is-a-second-spring-where-every-leaf-is-a-flower/

[georgia]

wow. {i just watched a leaf fall after i typed that... as i was thinking what to write next :-) }

this is simple and quiet and peaceful. i love that you included the proverb. and the photo... perfect. i have tried to capture a falling leave with my camera this year. not easy to do. you've done it so well.

i was at this forest preserve about a month ago:
http://itsjusthowiseethings.blogspot.com/2009/11/november-gratitude-part-two.html

it was so quiet there, the only thing i heard was a whisper of wind through the acres and acres of tall prairie grass {which was incredible}. but it seems like a lot of things have been whispering to me lately. clouds. light coming through windows. i've been in a quiet mood and taking a lot of "quiet" pictures lately.

[melissa]

great quote!

[Amy]

oh how I love this image, I have tried many times to catch one like this! beautiful quote, things are not whispering in my ear, lately they are yelling in my ear!

[beth]

my ears are filled daily with the whispers of summer being gone and fall, standing strongly in her place....the reminders are everywhere....but I don't have to be reminded, as the feeling of fall being present is such a loud voice that I actually wish she'd go back to being just a whisper.....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29291473@N04/4097528133/

[Beryl]

I love this. that single leaf is simply beautiful. hope is whispering to me like the glimmer from a single candle remembering lost love.

http://bellarose-photography.com/?p=251

[spread your wings]

i love all these photos people are getting of falling leaves. it's a special time to me when they begin to fall - it always reminds me of Thanksgiving at my grandmothers. But the fallen leaves speak to me too - they truly excite me.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/autumnsun/4052017920/in/set-72157622679196124/

[Julie Alvarez]

The stillness of everything around me on dark days:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/4073436561/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/4078349875/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/4078916617/

[GayleV]

There is something so peaceful and a little lonely about that leaf falling. I love it. The leaves have been whispering to me and I have really enjoyed capturing their color.
http://momandcamera.blogspot.com/2009/10/out-amongst-fall.html
http://momandcamera.blogspot.com/2009/11/few-fall.html

[~ kristina ~]

Who can resist autumn leaves?

Lately, I've been enchanted by the whispers that plants leave on solar print paper:

http://meadowlarkdays.blogspot.com/2009/11/impressions.html

[thea]

beautiful sky and capture. the awareness that my son will only be 4.5 once and for me to be present in the moment with him, to embrace what is beautiful and joyous, because like the leaves-the season will cycle and pass and then a new chapter will begin.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theacoughlin/4098565014/

[Holly FIsh]

I'm watching the last leaves go... A celebration of tree skeletons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23456277@N07/4089856708/

[darrah]

I hear whispers of change all around me -- and within me.

http://artcetera.squarespace.com/artcetera/2009/10/30/when-one-thing-ends-another-begins.html

[natalyn]

Oh wow. Leaves. I just love them too.

http://nattysfamily.blogspot.com/2009/11/day-62-leaves.html

[Irene]

amazing imagery and words!

[kosenrufu mama]

that's a wonderful shoot!!!
here my something about me , just a whisper... http://esterdaphne.blogspot.com/2009/11/un-po-di-me.html

[traceyclark]

I love this image so much!
today, my post is really only for comedic effect but somehow it works with the whispering sweet nothings part. : )
http://www.traceyclark.com/blog/2009/11/12/comic-relief.html

[Gypsy Alex]

Gorgeous shot! So poetic! I've got love whispering these days. So good...

http://www.gypsygirlsguide.com/2009/11/because_sometimes.html

xo

[Alicia]

despite the gray day, i could still hear the streets calling me to photograph...

http://aliandsethinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/11/union-square-in-middle-of-week.html

[kristin]

thank you everyone. i love all these comments and beautiful whispers and a few shouts. :)

xo kristin

[Laura]

Your post and the proverb definitely spoke to me yesterday. Beautiful words.
Whispers of life, rediscovery, and reflections surrounded me yesterday.

http://lane-85.blogspot.com/2009/11/rediscovering-childhood-lessons.html

[Claudia@ DipityRoad]

Autumn is the most colorful for me. What a joy to capture nature at her best.

http://www.dipityroad.com/autumn/autumn-poems

[Secret Agent Mama]

Yes, the leaves have such great power. http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretagentmama/4057741357/

[Jan's camera]

A lovely sentiment. The Fall is a very special season.

[djbeat]

my whispery fall moment - sit here - take a moment:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/djbeat/4097707736/

[Vanessa]

the place where sea meets sky... it always whispers peace into my soul: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanessa_r/4080772746/