leaf peeping tip: even a single leaf is deserving of your notice and appreciation. if you get to see millions at once, you are indeed lucky

fall is quiet forests, winter is suburban streets, spring is public parks, summer is warm creeks buzzing with bugs

your most important job is to figure out who you are

fall foliage is STILL underrated. you're saying huge swaths of our world transform into beautifully painted red and orange masterpieces? every single year?

friends — is october the best month? before peak holiday madness, after the busy bustle of early fall, temperatures are dropping but not to unbearable levels, and everyone's wearing goofy costumes and putting skeletons in their yard. see what we mean?

this time of year, there's just a little something spooky in the air....... (it's a witch)

when the first leaf falls, you're allowed to pick it up, preserve it, and add it to a book you keep of each autumn's first-fallen leaf. you're allowed to do that. if you wanted to.

you're really hanging in there. you make it look easy — but the people closest to you see how hard you're working.

reminders: 1) social media isn't real life, 2) looking at a photo of a place isn't the same as being in that place, and 3) you have secrets that no algorithm will ever know

some foxes & hares turn their coats white for the winter. are YOU gonna look those cuties in their lil eyes and tell them they can't wear white after labor day?

now's the time of year where everything seems to just speed up. to-do lists grow, weeks pass, months fly by, and suddenly it's the holidays, then the new year. so here's a reminder: make sure to make time for yourself during this back half of the year.

fun isn't a thing you schedule. it's all the time. got laundry to fold? you're on the castle staff of a sartorially exacting medieval queen. one crease out of place, and you'll be sent back to your little village. but not too slow, either. your life deserves more minigames!

ahhhh, september. the turning of the tide. new projects picked up. old energies left behind. school buses on every street. truly so many school buses

bring a little magic wherever you go

august is objectively the shortest month of the year and we won't be taking questions

a secret truth: you're underestimating yourself. you know more than you think. you see more than you think. you do more than you think.

spring & summer = dogs. fall & winter = cats. leap years = frogs

when's the last time you really explored a new place? wandered, without a plan?

going through hard things doesn't make you a pessimist. it makes you an optimist. it makes you the kind of person who can see their goal and make it real.

jump out of the bed of the truck. spray your feet with the hose. stay outside 'til it's hard to see. summertime will come again. but you'll be a different person then.