dear november

you’re so pretty. i love how understated and you are. how harmonious your earthy colors are. i love the combination of gray and russet especially. i love your low solar angles and your crystalline clear light. i love your gray skies. and long views into the woods unhindered by leaves. i love the sounds of leaves crunching under my boots. and the smell of moist duff after the morning frost melts.  you’re so pretty, and you don’t even know it. i love you.

xo, mary jo