Autumn colors in Napa Valley.
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#california #ilovecalifornia #autumn #visitnapavalley #napavintners #napavalley (at Carneros, California)
November afternoon in Napa Valley.
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#california #ilovecalifornia #carneros #autumn (at Carneros, California)
My New England heart
is warmed
by Napa Valley in autumn.
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#california #ilovecalifornia #napavalley #autumn (at Saint Helena, California)
Peach orchard on a foggy morning.
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#california #ilovecalifornia #napavalley #autumn (at Saint Helena, California)
Autumn frosting.
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#autumn #fall (at Bossolasco)
Nature draws together
the wicked, the callous,
the jaded,
hundreds upon hundreds
of souls
and their blameless hounds
line the community beach
in this precious village,
gathering
to behold a sunset,
a moon rise,
and summer’s end
heralded
by autumn’s blaze of color.
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#california #autumn #sunsetjunkie #protecttheearth #heartenedbyhumanity
#cautiouslyoptimistic (at Carmel by the Sea)
The dusky perfume
of autumn
makes me smile
uncontrollably,
ricocheting between
memory
and anticipation:
school buses and cigarettes,
roasted squash and double-barrel shotguns,
the rustle of leather jackets and the plaid on a pleated skirt,
reddish vineyards and burning leaves,
Indian corn and candy corn, thin cashmere sweaters and thick wool socks,
chanterelles and gingerbread,
notebooks and erasers,
cider and Syrah,
wooden bowls of citrus
and stockpots with game bird
simmering on the stove.
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#autumn #seasons #liveinthemoment
(at Napa, California)
September colors.
#california #westmarin #autumn (at Tomales, California)
Autumn in the city.
#england #london #autumn #vintagemercedes (at Notting Hill, Portobello Road Market)
A rainy Saturday morning breakfast of purple artichokes steamed in old white wine and lemon and finished in a maniacally stoked fireplace; eaten with blazing red cheeks and blackened fingertips only occasionally wiped on a frayed and tattered housedress smelling of wood smoke and garlic.
#eatlikenobodyswatching #italy #piedmont #autumn #artichokes #carciofi (at Bossolasco)
Hard pears and soft cheese.
#italy #piedmont #autumn (at Bossolasco)
Spent hazelnut orchard.
#italy #piedmont #autumn #nocciola (at Bossolasco)
Autumn’s final throes.
#italy #piedmont #autumn #nature (at Bossolasco)
Sunset over St. Magdalena Church.
#italy #piedmont #autumn #nature (at Santo Stefano Belbo)
I never tire of church bells
echoing through the valley during late afternoon walks in the fog.
With each strike of the lip,
the clapper issues a reverberation,
a reminder
of the immensity of life,
the nearness of death,
and Nature’s indifferent,
non-discriminatory
and eventual reclamation
of the entire circus.
#italy #piedmont #autumn #nature
(at Bossolasco)
Late afternoon in Barolo.
#italy #piedmont #nebbiolo #autumn (at Barolo Provincia di Cuneo)
Autumn colors of a vineyard.
#california #alexandervalley #autumn (at Alexander Valley)
Last of the season’s pattypan squash stuffed with ricotta, Sicilian pine nuts and basil flowers and a dusting of breadcrumbs.
#california #autumn #food #squash (at At Home in Napa)
An empty marina prepared for winter.
#california #autumn #battenthehatches (at Port Sonoma Marina)
Rainy Sunday reflections on the marsh.
#california #autumn #waterfowl (at Port Sonoma Marina)