Autumn Colors!

   The beautiful oranges, yellows and reds of the tress greet me every morning now. The leaves cover the ground as I walk to my classes and are there waiting more me when I get out of school. Danielle and I realized what the multitude of these leaves truly meant: leaf piles. That day during English class, we were outside discussing the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, so generally, Danielle and I dropped our bags and started rolling in the leaves that surrounded us. The rest of the class, including Jeff, joined us in playing in the leaves. Jeff took pictures of us all and eventually we sat to continue our discussion of the book, but this time in much more comfortable conditions.

   Though the leaves were plentiful during English, we didn't stop there. After school we got a hold of a rake, picking up Garret and Kai along the way, and went to the swings. We started raking and in no time there was a pile, that Danielle and I were a large part of, and more leaves kept piling up. Of course everyone knows that if there are lots of leaves, you have to have a leaf war, so we did. I spent as much time as I possibly could outside in the leaves that day. The beauty of it all enthralled me so much I didn't want to leaf.

   While I was in the leaf piles, I didn't have to think about work or stress or anything in the modern world, I just lay there in peace and accepted it. I learned to appreciate the beauty and peace of it.
PEACE,
Kaia