Red + Yellow = Orange (The Series)

Mindfulness meditation emphasizes being in the present, enjoying the moment.  It does not quite claim to make the time stand still, but with focus and concentration, it FEELS like time slows a bit.  It is the awareness of the moment that makes the time feel like it expands - ever so slightly.

And so, with that elusive aspiration - expanding time - do runs get run.  Sure, physical fitness plays some part in the motivation - but just as importantly, maybe moreso, the runs provide the opportunity to watch nature, to experience the fleeting seasons. 

And so was born the series of photos that lent its name to this post.  Taken last weekend, when it was chilly, but not frigid.  It was that quintessential late autumn period, cold enough that some leaves have dropped, but not so cold that they were all gone.  The climbers still clung, and, of course, the most firey of them were the first to catch the eye.  Bursts of color to store up for the bleakness, the whiteness and greyness, lurking around the corner.  And in spots, standing still, leaves slowly drifted off the trees.  Rewards of mindfulness, and getting outside for runs.