Of course, you will only see "all" of autumn if you look carefully at this snapshot taken by my dear daughter-in-law. Her goal was to catch her son (my grandson) in the foreground. 

In the process, Jen recorded as good an image of autumn as I have seen this year. The children are fearless about the moribund season & know how to embrace its dead leaves as toys, as a way to dance, as a pathway to laughter & unbridled joy. 

Some things I saw: There is only one girl in the crowd. So what? The boy at left with leaves falling on each side of his head. The camera has caught the little guy at the far side of the circle surrounded by flying leaves as if sent into the air for the sole purpose of framing him & his expression. 

Then, my youngest grandson. At four he looks as though he has created the leaf storm all by himself. He has the energy to do that & the sense to know that it is more fun to engage friends to turn a leaf pile into a tornado.

Weighed down by the woes of caregiving? Take another glance at this image & take solace that joy lives. 

-Erie Chapman  

Photo by Jennifer Halloran Chapman