The weather is bizarre this year. Some days it feels almost like summer. The temperature rises to mid 70 degrees (F)/21 (C). Like us nature is confused. Some trees wear splashes of yellow and golden––standing out among the green leaves, some are trying to break into new blossoms.
I remember the Fall seasons in my childhood––running barefoot in wild ecstasy with my sisters on the sandy banks of the Padma River pushing through the abundance of white giant Pampas Grass (Kaash phul) in my grandparents’ village . . . at night watching the fire flies lighting up the spots in the yard frozen in darkness . . . my no-nonsense grandmother serving her savory-dinner before the night deepened . . . some sweet-delights-desert. Those were the free-spirit times . . . decades and decades ago.
. . . This is our first Fall with Raya––she just turned 5 months. We took her and Izara to three Fall/pumpkin festivals––they are my tiny terrifyingly-adorable granddaughters!
Fall brings remembrances, many colors and festivities . . .
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| My Neighborhood November 2023 |
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| Izara gets a face-painting at a pumpkin patch festival- October, 2024 |
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| Fairfax, 2023 |
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| Fall in D.C. 2023 |
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| Mums in my garden October, 2024 |
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| Fall tourists in DC, 2023 |
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| Church near our park, October 2024
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| Our house on a Fall night, 2023
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| Church Street at night October, 2023 |
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| Shenandoah, October 2023 |
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| My neighborhood in Fall, 2024 |
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| Tree near our park, November 2024 |
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| Fall in Washington D.C., October 2023 |
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| Pumpkins at Whole Foods, October 2024
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| Vienna Park ,2024 |
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| Vienna Town Center, Fall 2024 |
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| My flowers in Fall 2023 |
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| Izara at a Halloween Parade 2023 |
Thanks for sharing the post reminiscing your younger days, which reminded me of our younger days Burma. (Those were the days). And again the seasons changing in the US reminded me of my New York days. Enjoy the wintery coolness !!!!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, Alfred. I somehow thought you are from West Bengal. Where are you based now?
DeleteThanks Nuzhat for sharing the memories and your beautiful view of nature. You are a gifted writer. Enjoy the seasons with your grand kids.
ReplyDeleteDear Soma, many thanks for your kind words. Hope you're keeping well. Miss our wonderful days in ROSA!!
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