Pumpkin spice sunset
The scent in the air has changed. Autumn has arrived to paint the world in colors and to cover the ground in acorns, chestnuts, and fallen leaves. It is strange to walk into the meadow before bustling with life and the sounds of humming now somehow being more still. Yet there is something magical about the silence. The fluffs of the flowers flying around. Or, maybe those are pixies doing the welcoming dance for the autumn? A celebration of the never-ending cycle of life and death? When these flowers are gone are they gone? This meadow won’t be the same a year from now.
As the days are getting shorter and shorter, I feel lucky to catch even a bit of daylight as my sleeping patterns have shifted again to the default of being a complete bat. While it seems natural and comfortable for me (it is so lovely to know the world and humans are asleep), it is by no means healthy. My attempts to reset so far are unsuccessful. Perhaps, it is too much screen time or lack of structure to my days. It is anxious, coffee infused-chaos spiraling out of control. What are you doing? Floating as paddling in every direction at once seems overwhelming and useless. What? At once. Silly thing! Eh, but it appears everything is time-sensitive. Keep up keeping up or miss something. Crash when completely out of fuel and begin to see in pixels.
I really should do something about this. A hard reset and a bit more time away from the virtual. Unplug and skip around like a magical pixie horse in the meadows more often! Unplug day? Tempting and actually could be quite difficult if you are a serious Steem addict. The first step is admitting you have a problem, right? Now what? Sit in the circle? Hold hands and sing? Once every two weeks could be a start. Offline. No screens. No feed scrolling. No keeping up. Yay?
As the days are getting shorter and shorter, I feel lucky to catch even a bit of daylight as my sleeping patterns have shifted again to the default of being a complete bat. While it seems natural and comfortable for me (it is so lovely to know the world and humans are asleep), it is by no means healthy. My attempts to reset so far are unsuccessful. Perhaps, it is too much screen time or lack of structure to my days. It is anxious, coffee infused-chaos spiraling out of control. What are you doing? Floating as paddling in every direction at once seems overwhelming and useless. What? At once. Silly thing! Eh, but it appears everything is time-sensitive. Keep up keeping up or miss something. Crash when completely out of fuel and begin to see in pixels.
I really should do something about this. A hard reset and a bit more time away from the virtual. Unplug and skip around like a magical pixie horse in the meadows more often! Unplug day? Tempting and actually could be quite difficult if you are a serious Steem addict. The first step is admitting you have a problem, right? Now what? Sit in the circle? Hold hands and sing? Once every two weeks could be a start. Offline. No screens. No feed scrolling. No keeping up. Yay?
Thank you for stopping by! Hope you enjoyed these shots! ^^
Song of the day: Grimes - Genesis
Damn, girl.. I LOVE autumn! Definitely my favorite time of the year.
How've you been?
Yea! Me too! Even tho it is getting dark really quickly and sometimes it rains a lot, I somehow love the feeling of autumn, there is something melancholic and mysterious about it.
I've been alright, thank you for asking! Slowly prepping for Thailand. Still can't believe I'm going.
What about yourself?
So-and-so, shit's a rollercoaster. :D
Ha! makes me wanna be in the middle of those flower and capture tumblr-ish portrait lmao :D
Have fun in Thailand! Wish I really could attend but maybe not the right time.
Beautiful flowers, wonderful meadow, and magnificent sunset! Great capture!
Thanks so much for sharing. I very much enjoyed your photos. ;)
Pretty photos! Those look like prairie grasses, although different from the ones I see around here in southern Minnesota. Good luck with the sleep cycle and screen time. Lack of sleep can definitely drive a person crazy!
Always a heartwarming experience to read a some what a grim reality many like to avoid. Maybe the fact that nothing is momentary along with the profound truth that we are probably all a part of a cycle. Specially to embrace the change that weathers our memories and reminds us to love life and enjoy each moment. I can relate to the addiction too. I haven't even posted much but going out instead. When i return here it's nature pics like these that catch my attention. Looking out at a sunny day while i read this and the yellow sunlight reflects in my eyes when it hits my face, while i dream stare out my window thanking you for reminding me to watch, hear, smell, feel and experience the Autumn Dance you so beautifully describe. Thank you!
Thank you so much for your kind words @yangyanje :)
We all need these reminders from time to time, especially when getting lost in all that buzz of keeping up, sometimes it is so hard to see past all that, to take the eyes away from it and focus on what is around us, the beauty of nature, the stories it tells us if we actually take time to think about it and witness it.
Aww it makes me so happy to think that seeing this post made you look at the autumn outside your window too. Thank you as well! ^^
Those pictures are beautiful. It is strange how our circadian rhythms change when the time changes along with the seasons. I've noticed that my sleep patterns have been a bit off lately as well. Sounds like you have it a bit worse then I do though. But I dont think its unhealthy if you generally tend to be a night owl. I think that we sometimes feel that we have to sleep just like everyone else in order to be healthy (sleep at night and for 8 hours). But a lot of research shows that people tend to sleep very differently and still remain healthy. Anything between 5-10 hours of sleep per night is considered normal. I think it's when people shift between night and day sleep regularly that it becomes an issue, like in the case of shift workers. Interestingly though the issue doesnt seem to be related to the actual sleep cycle though. New research is suggesting that the issue might be with digestion and constantly altering ones eating habit cycles. Just something I read a while back.
But If you're comfortable and feel energized when you wake up that's the most important thing.
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Thank you! :)
I recently did some night sift work and I got to say seeing people who do that kind of job regularly, you can tell the difference in their faces, energy levels and also heard that if the sleeping patterns move around a lot, some people have issues with digestion.
Night time for me is a very creative time. Always been that way. Not a morning person at all. Usually feel low on energy entire day if I had to wake up earlier than I naturally would. So I think you are right about that :)
hey there !! its a long time that I found you in my feed !! I oversee you so often as you post only once a week ^^ those shots are really beautiful and create this peaceful mood while watching them .. great job and thank you for sharing this minute of a peaceful mood for me ;)
Hey @adalger! Ahaha, yea my posting activity could be more frequent I guess. Lately that's a bit of a struggle, but maybe I just need to find my rhythm again. I am happy you enjoy them tho when they arrive. Thank you so much!
Ahaha, and btw your paper bag post cracked me up so hard I was in tears xD It somehow reminded me of the scene from Home Alone where Kevin goes home with the shopping bags and both of them broke.
Nice photos.
Thank you :) Glad you enjoyed them.
Nice pictures of the nature that is ready for a long winter sleep. It is getting fast with short days. Just two weeks ago at 6 AM it was much light outside now even at 7:30 when I am on the way to work it is just getting lighter. Long days make me more sleepier in the morning. But this is a natural circle of season nowhere to run away :)
Thank you! :) Indeed. Couple of weeks and it will get dark like after four in the day. Hopefully I will somehow manage to avoid my seasonal depression. Will see. Somehow I feel more hopeful this year.
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