A Stage in Life Thing

I took this photo several years ago, and always think of it, as autumn approaches. Not sure why. This looks like a very sad story, of someone's life gone awry...a fairly safe assumption.

Autumn...it used to be my favorite season. I wrote a blogpost well over a decade ago, heralding the approach of autumn, and stating that "Never do I feel so alive, as in autumn." I'll link it here...may need to copy and paste, or just find it on my blog...go back a ways.

https://bica-bicablog.blogspot.com/2011/02/autumn.html

I remember well, the day I wrote that, and it was absolutely, how I felt...at that time. I don't come close to feeling that any longer. Not even close. Now, I find a certain melancholy within, as autumn approaches. If I were to write a new blogpost about autumn, I'm not sure how I'd approach it, but it would carry a more solemn bent. 

Maybe it's a stage in life thing. I guess that's as good an assumption as any. Looking over my post from years ago, I wrote that in my head, as I was walking through autumn's beauty. I'll never tire of that, but now it reminds that winter is around the corner. 

Pretty sure, it's a stage in life thing. And so it goes.