Gratitude Challenge -- Day 7

1.  My grandchildren.   While they navigate two generations beyond me, and often speak a completely foreign language, there is a connection that defies estrangement.    They teach me.  They allow me to use skills that see only their best, and smile when actions might be questioned.  What a lovely time of life!

Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.

      --- Welsh Proverb 

2.  October in Southern Oregon.  Sunlit days.  The grand finale of color before the skeletons of winter encompass the valley.  Cooler nights.  OLLI classes and the meeting of friends on the English dance floor.  Setting aside that stack of books for winter's read.  A slower pace.

The harvest moon hangs round and high

It dodges clouds high in the sky,

The stars wink down their love and mirth

The Autumn season is giving birth.

Oh, it must be October...

            --- Pearl N. Sorrels