Blog about another Blog...

After I finished yesterday's blog, I realized that Friday, Photo Challenge Day, is also October 1.

"Well, well, well!" I said to myself. "Isn't that just fine and dandy!?!" Here I am all aflutter over October, and I get a photo challenge day to kick it off.

I mentioned it yesterday but I'm going to reiterate: October is my FAVORITE month. And honestly, I can't tell you why. I don't have a birthday in October, and I don't have anyone really close to me with a birthday in October. I like Halloween but I mean, I honestly like dress up parties more when they're 'just because'. And themed. Yeah. Cosplay baby. But I digress... I've got no reason to adore a month (a month of all things? really? I even annoy myself.) the way that I do.

It's a feeling. And yes I know how new-age space-case that sounds - ok I admit I'm a little bit of that as well, but stay with me - that October has a particular feeling is the best way I can explain it to you.

The world feels...dryer. Crisper. The air is thinner. The sun, weaker and more golden. The energy of the planet, slower. It feels as if all summer, Mother Nature danced and blossomed, fruited and ultimately gave and gave in abundance. Summer is so high energy, so full of natural adrenaline. And now, Mother Nature is winding down, she's laughing and saying, "ok, ok... let me off the dance floor. I'm sweaty, I'm beat. I'm ready to sit for a little while! I need a breather!"

Did you just picture a woman flopping into a chair after a lot of hard dancing, cheeks flushed, smiling, sweaty-browed, talking and laughing with all those around her? That's what I see. And that transition - when she sits, and her heart rate slows, and she's utterly content and utterly spent - that transition is Autumn. That's how it feels to me.

It's not just that, though - October feels close to my childhood. October feels like home.


Bonfires. Candy corn. Pumpkins. Tree climbing. Indian corn. Mums. Riding my bike until dark. Flashlight tag. Cassette tapes. Wall phones with long tangled cords. M&Ms. Choir. Piles of leaves for jumping in. Fried chicken. Apples. New sneakers.

October is special. And with it being perhaps my busiest month so far, I'm really going to treasure and savor all 31 days of it this month - the moments I'm working (so if you happen to have a photo session with me in October and I act like your best friend, please don't hold it against me), and the moments I'm not. I will probably be writing very nostalgic blogs, and will probably come across as very emotional. Hang with me, I'll be normal again come November. :)

Friday's blog, covering the Photo Challenge, will be very special (at least to me). I am already planning it out. It's a really different kind of photo challenge. Stay tuned!