August 14, 2015 6:00 am
Why do I get a little knot in my stomach
when the days grow a bit shorter,
the air a bit crisper,
the breeze a bit lighter.
It is gentle
and beautiful
and comfortable.
But my heart remembers
summer ending,
school beginning,
Autumn breezes bringing school buses
and schedules and new beginnings.
I recall old endings…
and I am melancholy.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
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Very nice Jodi! I have to publish this comment and come back to it.
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By Priceless Joy on August 14, 2015 at 6:15 am
Sorry, it only gave me a partial box to comment in and I couldn’t see what I was typing. This poem is beautiful and so is the photo! I love your photo there on the left hand side! Beautiful!!
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By Priceless Joy on August 14, 2015 at 6:16 am
Thanks my sweet PJ! Not sure what photo on the left you are referring to… but thanks anyway LOL!
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By Jodi on August 14, 2015 at 8:34 am
Your photo! Your photo on the right hand side of your blog. Beautiful!
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By Priceless Joy on August 14, 2015 at 9:05 am
Oh. lol. Got my hair cut yesterday and took a selfie with my wavy curls hanging loose. Tired of fighting them haha. You are such a sweetie. Thank you!
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By Jodi on August 14, 2015 at 9:14 am
It’s beautiful! Keep your hair that way!
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By Priceless Joy on August 14, 2015 at 9:15 am
Hi Jodi, I can’t believe how this summer is going away so fast, the winter was so long, it’s not fair. Beautiful photo and poem. Have a great weekend!
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By Elizabeth on August 14, 2015 at 6:56 am
I know Elizabeth – Why does summer feel like the shortest season?
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By Jodi on August 14, 2015 at 8:36 am
You brought me back. I was there.
I feel it also.
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By Marguerite on August 14, 2015 at 7:02 am
Awh! Thanks Marguerite! What a compliment 🙂
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By Jodi on August 14, 2015 at 8:36 am
Beautifully expressed. The end of summer will do that every year.
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By George on August 14, 2015 at 7:18 am
You get it too, George? I’m smiling thinking of the sweet photo of you and Matthew sitting at the ocean. My heart grew 100 times more love for you after seeing and reading that. I knew you were a good egg! Give that funny sweetheart a tight hug from Mrs lifeinbetween 🙂
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By Jodi on August 14, 2015 at 8:37 am
I will definitely do that. Thank you so much, Jodi.😊
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By George on August 14, 2015 at 9:47 am
You summed it up, Jodi–lovely!!!
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By pamkirst2014 on August 14, 2015 at 7:24 am
I really appreciate that comment from you Pam – my favorite writer! 🙂
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By Jodi on August 14, 2015 at 8:38 am
Ditto. Autumn is such a sadness-stirring, hope-giving season!
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By kathydoremus on August 14, 2015 at 8:27 am
You get it too Kathy? I love the colors and the temperature and fall baking and there is so much to love about Fall, but I always get a sad, melancholy feeling when it begins. I seriously go back to when the kids were little and I hated sending them back to school. The best of days. 🙂
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By Jodi on August 14, 2015 at 8:39 am
Same here, SUMMER went way too quickly this year! Well written!
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By joyroses13 on August 14, 2015 at 8:43 am
Every year they seem to go faster eh?
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By Jodi on August 14, 2015 at 9:15 am
Outstanding composition Jodi! I love this photo. Being from Massachusetts…. Your photo & words touched my heart this morning… Thank you 🙂
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By thepaperbaker on August 14, 2015 at 8:47 am
Life moves much too fast~
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By the Painted Apron on August 14, 2015 at 9:09 am
Isn’t that the truth ?!?!
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By Jodi on August 14, 2015 at 9:15 am
…touchingly put, Jodi, thanks. Truthfully, I can’t wait. The shorter days are thrilling. The advent of Autumn is nothing short of electric (for me) as that incomparable blue of an autumn sky, the harvest and canning, being able to once again use the porch as a fridge and then a freezer, the fall community fairs, the apples, favourite recipes, the glorious colours, the coming of multiple memorable holidays, the coming to an end of motorcycle gunnings and dust and forest fires and smoky air, extreme thunderstorms, bugs, rashes, hiding from the heat….oh yeah. Bring it. And then the most wonderful of all Seasons–WINTER. yes! (big smile)
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By weisserwatercolours on August 14, 2015 at 9:16 am
Oh lance I love your passion for life. You made me heart swell with anticipation. Thank you for this beautiful gift! ☺️
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By Jodi on August 14, 2015 at 9:19 am
I’m so sad that fall makes you sad. :(((( I really agree wholeheartedly with Lance. The sights, smells, the crispness of the air that fills one with energy instead of sluggishness (this is my most favorite part), but the leaves alone. Nothing else but the leaves. And fires in the fireplace?! And Steelers football?! Jodi, Jodi……what could be better? Foodies love the eating holidays too! Thanksgiving? Doesn’t it make you wanna run and camp out near your oven so you can smell the wonderful pies baking? Apple cobblers and crisps…..man. I’m like Lance, hiding from the heat because it makes me feel bad. But there are endless things to love about fall. The clear beautiful skies with the leaves and driving down meandering country roads to catch a glimpse of the foliage around the next bend……..oh, I could literally write a poem about autumn. I love it with every cell in my body. I hope I’ve given you something to look forward to, my friend! 💛💛💛 <—for the Steelers. 😽👍👏😊
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By Laura (Createarteveryday) on August 14, 2015 at 9:42 am
You sure did !! I do really love all of these things! that is why I don’t understand why I get this pit in my stomach???? 😕
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By Jodi on August 14, 2015 at 9:45 am
I get the same pit with summer coming, and I have to be careful in spring or I won’t enjoy it because summer comes right after. Hmm maybe it’s the memories of the kids being little? What about when you were a kid? Did something bad happen in the fall or at the end of summer? ((((((Jodi))))))
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By Laura (Createarteveryday) on August 14, 2015 at 10:02 am
I love the picture and the poem! you captured my feelings exactly! love it!
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By Lynz Real Cooking on August 14, 2015 at 10:27 am
I am so surprised to find so many people feel this way! Thanks for sharing Lyn – another soulmate 🙂
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By Jodi on August 15, 2015 at 10:12 am
yes for sure!!!
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By Lynz Real Cooking on August 15, 2015 at 10:21 am
This is beautiful . Now I am melancholy
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By Ameena k.g on August 14, 2015 at 10:41 am
Awh! Thanks Ameena!
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By Jodi on August 15, 2015 at 10:11 am
You have certainly caught the emotion of the coming season. Not as beautiful abu it is Dr. Doolittles “pushme, pull me.” I want it to stay summer, but I do love fall. Hugs.
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By Anonymous on August 14, 2015 at 11:09 am
You have certainly caught the emotion of the coming season. Not as beautiful,but it is Dr. Doolittle’s “push me, pull me.” I want it to stay summer, but I do love fall. Hugs. Kate
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By Anonymous on August 14, 2015 at 11:11 am
Good analogy! Dr Doolittle’s push me pull me – PERFECT!
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By Jodi on August 15, 2015 at 10:11 am
Looks like we both were thinking about Fall on our blogs today, Jodi! I like your black and white photo! And your awesome poem! And your new hairstyle – Curly. 😊 I don’t want summer to end either. 🌞🌼🐠
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By Jill Kuhn on August 14, 2015 at 2:07 pm
Thanks Jill for ALL the sweetness 🙂 I always look forward to hearing from you my friend
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By Jodi on August 15, 2015 at 10:10 am
The feeling is mutual! ❤️
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By Jill Kuhn on August 15, 2015 at 12:34 pm
You captured it so well !
Fall always brings a melancholy and unease around here. And yet I also feel a great excitement about the beginning of the school year and a new routine and all the good things Autumn brings. So many decades after actually being in school I still feel that the New Year starts in Autumn, definitely not in January . 🙂
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By izabolinha on August 14, 2015 at 4:00 pm
It is so interesting to hear that so many share in this strange feeling. Makes me feel better about it. Thank you so much for visiting and sharing!
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By Jodi on August 15, 2015 at 10:09 am
Dear Jodi,
would you mind if I shared this beautiful post of yours in my blog? I’m working on something about Autumn Blues and would like to link to you. Don’t know if it is “reblogging” ?
Thank you and it is ok if you prefer not to 😉 Just let me know
Turtle Hugs 🙂
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By izabolinha on October 3, 2015 at 11:38 pm
Of course you may. I am flattered ☺️
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By Jodi on October 4, 2015 at 5:43 am
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