My small slice of the world has been wrapped up in soft grey tissue paper.
And sprinkled now and then with pearls. In this case, the luminous moonstone white of the swans bobbing upside down in search of food.
And just when I think the soft grey clouds are winning, I catch sight of a splash of tinsel, a dab of gold.
We have to embrace the grey too. After all, it is a part of life’s mosaic.
And look – the soft grey pastel tones have a near-magical quality!
What greys will you embrace today?
To see other colourful parts of the world, please visit: That’s My World!
Lady Fi 
I love the way these grey shades have inspired you!
Magical shots!
LikeLike
Hey, it’s the gray season and it is definitely the “new light” in Seattle these days! Terrific shots! They do say it so well and there is even beauty in gray! Just have to look a little harder!
Have a great week!
Sylvia
LikeLike
It really amazes me that I could take your pictures and put them in my blog and say they were current pictures from here in Oregon. Anyone here would believe me completely. (Except that they’d wonder at how my photography skills had improved.)
anyway, you would feel right at home here. your post is ia lovely reminder to enjoy what the seasons bring.
LikeLike
I can embrace the grey (usually) except for the grey shooting out of my scalp. That must go! ;o)
LikeLike
As a positive person I’m doing my best to embrace grey…really…I am….and looking at your beautiful photos sure helps! :-))
LikeLike
Gray is such an elegant color.
LikeLike
You certainly portrayed grey in a stunning way with your photos. And I love the magical effect!
LikeLike
You have beautifully narrated your world with wonderful snaps.
LikeLike
You give me strength to embrace our “grey” time of year. To see the beauty in every season. Of course with water everything looks better… 🙂
LikeLike
Soon grey will be my colour too. :)) We totally have to figure out a meet-up at some point. 🙂
LikeLike
There isn’t anything much more mysterious and lovely than a misty lake in autumn. Beautiful pics.
What grey will I embrace today? The dozen or so silvery-grey hairs which catch my eye every now and then. I’ll embrace them with my thumb and index fingers and yank those suckers right out of my head. 😉
LikeLike
I never tire of mist in autumn. The effects over water are endlessly changing, endlessly beautiful. Lovely pics!
LikeLike
Your photos are soothing but I cannot embrace the gray for more than a day at a time. When I lived in Glasgow for a year, I noticed how the gray influenced the moods of people around me. I started going to a tanning booth. That was in my twenties.
LikeLike
How serene this place is. It’s nice to see these spots through the seasons in your blog. Catching up after a break …
LikeLike
LadyFi: Nice capture of the pond with the swans, so nicely written.
LikeLike
Everything looks ethereal and romantic. I like it, well I should, because it is exactly what we are seeing around here. Maybe with a touch of misty fog, rain, and wet.
Jen
LikeLike
Yes, there is such beauty in the greys, especially at this time of year. Very nicely put and illustrated!
Janice.
LikeLike
The warm brown tone of the reeds is a very beautiful combination with the grey water.
LikeLike
You always have the most gorgeous pictures!
LikeLike
I think I can just about cope with the grey – its the cold, the wind and the rain that make me want to hibernate!
LikeLike
Your grey is much prettier than my grey..I am sure of it:)
LikeLike
Lovely set of pictures. Great story along the way. Thanks for sharing.
LikeLike
Lovely shots!
I have a place in the countryside in the wilds of Ontario, Canada. Just an hour north, is another beautiful area that is identical! a “dead-ringer” for the photos you have posted here.
Incredible! The water, the imagery is very peaceful, serene.
Very nice narrative you wrote to accompany the images.
~Thanks for sharing the gray! in your part of the world.
~Sandra Lynn
LikeLike
I hope you have a sunny Thanksgiving! 🙂
LikeLike
Wow LAdyfi, this sounds like a poem. I have to write a poem about a forest, can I steal this 🙂
LikeLike
There is a special, cozy feeling to those grey days, and your pictures have captured it beautifully.
LikeLike
After two weeks of light and sunshine, I have some difficulties to get used to grey again, lol !
Probably Cairo is very polluted, but I haven’t seen anything that day, maybe because it was a Friday which is the Sunday for muslims, and therefore less traffic.
LikeLike
Grey is beautiful too, as long as it doesn’t stay for days and days. 🙂
LikeLike
I do not know which is more beautiful; the way you wrote or the pictures. Both enchanted me.
My world is full of my greying hair if that counts.
LikeLike
I’ll definitely love to take a stroll every evening at this nice breezy little world.
LikeLike
Sending giggles and pie your way for Thanksgiving!
LikeLike
I love the light at this time of year. It’s so meditative.
LikeLike
Soft and gentle.
LikeLike
“We have to embace the greys, too….” Boy. Ain’t it the truth. I needed that bit of wisdom today in a tangible way. I will keep your photos in my mind. I only like grey if it’s bringing rain. Pervasive grey gets to me. But you’re right….it’s all a part.
LikeLike
I could live with your ‘greys’ – great photos and commentary!
LikeLike
Love your gray scenes, they are very pretty to me. The swans are pretty too.
LikeLike
The grays you’ve captured are magical!
LikeLike
Wonderful pics. I just wanted to pop over and wish you and your fam a great Thanksgiving holiday!
God bless ya’ll!!!
LikeLike
Grey is busy time in our household as it presages dawn and the cats have a ‘scamper’ time before going to sleep as the heat of the day sets in!
LikeLike
Hi Lady Fi,
Late visiting but I want to tell you that the dreamy photos are wonderful – everyone need a little gray sometimes…
LikeLike