An Autumn Day Out

Well, after all the rain of the last few weeks, who could have predicted the glorious sunshine we had just over a week ago. It makes such a difference to get up in the morning and see the sun in the sky.

I took advantage of sunny weather and went to the park with my grandson Archie. We fed the ducks, played ball on the field, had a dance on the bandstand and watched the ongoing building of the new children's playground. Archie was enthralled with watching the digger load the dumper truck with soil and then seeing it tipped into a hole, slowly filling it up. I do have to say though, he was disappointed that all the puddles had dried up.

The weather was so good, we even had a picnic lunch in the park. We bought the food from the park cafe and sat on a park bench to eat it. It was very yummy indeed. Never thought we would be doing that on a crisp November day.

But the best was yet to come. When the sun is shining one, there is one thing that has to be done. It doesn't matter whether it is spring, summer, autumn or winter one just has to have an ice cream

It was great to see so many people out and about enjoying the sunshine. The trees were in full autumn glow. The orange, brown, yellow and bronze colour of the leaves reminded me of the flames of the coal fire in my childhood days. The leaves carpeting the ground reminded, of walking to school and trudging through the dry crisp leaves and hearing them crunch underfoot.  

Deciduous trees will always shed their leaves in Autumn The trees have to let their leaves fall so that come spring, new growth can take place. Sometimes we also need to let go, let go of whatever it is that is preventing our growth spiritually. There is only one way to do this and that is to take it to the Lord in prayer. Who knows what new growth this may lead to.