'The quiet transition from autumn to winter is not a bad time at all. It's nice to store up your warmth and your thoughts and burrow yourself into a deep hole inside, a core of safety where you can defend what is important and precious and your very own.'
Tove Jansson
I love all four seasons, but I think I have a preference for fall and winter. I many, I love cozy nights and brief stints of hibernation, but the cool and cold weather also energizes me. Living on the East coast, the summers can get incredibly muggy, zapping my energy when outside. Although I love the sun, I tend to shorten my walks and runs, and head to shade when it gets especially hot and muggy.
The start of every season is like a new beginning, like having four additional January 1st. I know many love living in Southern climates, where it's warm all year round, but I love life changes that season changes bring. Like so many of you, I have four different wardrobes, hats and footwear for almost every possible winter condition. Winter boots, rubber boots, hiking books and sneakers with treads for whatever I'm walking on.
More than the temperature changes, what I love most are the visual changes. From my living room, the view outside changes from month to month. It's never the same for long. It's like changing a room's paint color or artwork several times a year, without having to spend a penny.
I think I'm more impacted by visual change, or the lack of, than other people. It's not just the images on FH that I strive to follow the seasons. I change my table cloth, a couple of cushion covers to match seasonal colors. I even annoyingly switch many of the pictures on my walls, several times a year, to match the holidays and seasons.
FH viewers I love me some shots of hotties mooning. I went overboard with my multiple moons in 2023, so tried to cut down in 2024. There were still a few favorites however, I couldn't quite let go.
This year, photographer
Michael von Redlich sent on a great selection of shoots and models from his archive of Autumn images. I was thrilled to feature so many different models, and so many colorful shots. In addition to Michael's older work, he also shared a ton of new images from his most recent work with model.
Isaac Green. (below). I've shared just a small sample of what Michael sent on, with much more to come! Now, on to winter!!!