Eyes On Nature

Vibrant reds and oranges of trees still glowing in their autumn dress great us all today, shouting out that last week’s winds and rain did not completely spin the wheel of time to winter. After a week of wet it’s easy to appreciate the respite from the rain and to enjoy October’s dramatic shifts in scene. The transition in visual landscape is also mirrored in the acoustic environment. The boisterous laughter of children playing long into the summer’s night is now contained within walls of wood and brick or muffled by the drip of rain. The rustle of steps through dry leaves and the crackle of autumn’s first wood fire yield to the silence of a winter snow. From bright and noisy to cool and subdued—both sound and light shift in hue and spectrum, yielding novelty to season-adjusted senses and allowing us to see and hear anew. Open your eyes wide and absorb the rays of October sunshine and the intensity of sight, then close your eyes and soak in the soothing sound of rain, the quiet of the forest, the serenity of silence. But most of all, enjoy!