Autumn is closing in …

My October is clear crispy air, sunshine and the trees fireworks. It’s the trees gushing thanks for this year. October is fabulous.

“October had tremendous possibility. The summer’s oppressive heat was a distant memory, and the golden leaves promised a world full of beautiful adventures. They made me believe in miracles.”

~ Sarah Guillory, Reclaimed

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

Nothing gold can stay ~ Robert Frost

The Veil Is Thinner

A few days ago I walked along the edge of the lake and was treated to the crunch and rustle of leaves with each step I made.  The acoustics of this season are different and all sounds, no matter how hushed, are as crisp as autumn air.
~   Eric Sloane

Autumn in the Mountains

Autumn is the wonderful time of year for a walk in the mountains. This image of mine is from Norway on our way to Grimsdalen, Dovre.

He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

The Tree

The beauty of the trees,
the softness of the air,
the fragrance of the grass,
speaks to me.
The summit of the mountain,
the thunder of the sky,
speaks to me.
The faintness of the stars,
the trail of the sun,
the strength of fire,
and the life that never goes away,
they speak to me.
And my heart soars.
Chief Dan George

Mølleådalen, Lyngby

Note
Read more about Chief Dan George on Wiki

Overnatning i Naturen

Camilla har skrevet til mig, og spurgt efter en shelter i Gribskov. Måske er I flere, som er interesseret i oplysninger om overnatning i naturen.

“Naturstyrelsen giver dig mange muligheder for at holde gratis ferie i naturen – også om natten.
Her kan du se mulighederne, og på specialsiderne kan du se, hvilke regler man skal følge, når man er på Nattur i Naturen.”*Naturstyrelsen

Skove med fri teltning
Små lejrpladser
Shelters
Store lejrpladser

Gribskov, Denmark

I efterårsferien var De Gule Spejdere i Gribskov. De havde en række opgaver at løse i skoven, før de skulle møde på den store shelterplads ved Multebjerg.
Vi kom vandrende hen ad en skovsti, og pludselig var der en hel gruppe foran os. Vi havde ikke hørt dem. Der var ingen hujen og råben, men en hyggelig fordeling af opgaver, og væk var de uden at efterlade andet end deres fodspor.

Jeg bliver begejstret, når jeg oplever entusiasme, der gavner mennesker og natur på samme tid.

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De Gule Spejdere

Lokalbanen fra Hillerød til Kagerup