Autumn is here and I couldn't be happier about it. The leaves are fast falling, and yesterday as I lay on the grass with my friends at lunch watching the clouds float by, a vast swirling vortex of ever changing imagery, I ran my hands across the earth and felt the crunch of orange, yellow and brown.

Autumn, or Fall, is my favourite time of year, but so sad it is that it comes and goes so quickly. I should count myself lucky, though, that it is still only early and I have another two months to bask in its bounty; bruised and crumpled leaves breaking under my step. Yet, when Winter comes around I will probably be saying how beautiful it is, a cascade of chilled nothingness. Autumn and Winter, kindred to my spirit.

Hmm. I've been reading a little too much Coleridge, it seems.

The shadow of the dome of pleasure
Floated midway on the waves;
Where was heard the mingled measure
From the fountain and the caves.
It was a miracle of rare device,
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!

Exams are encroaching, so study time, however unappealing, must rise to the top of my priorities. But rest assured, good watchers, that I have painted another pair of shoes and am planning to paint myself another pair, so when I grab hold of the photos from Maryanne I'll most assuredly put them up. They are Avatar and Dragonball Z themed, respectively.