Autumn Reflections
Listen!  The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves,
We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!
-- Humbert Wolfe
Come, said the wind to the leaves one day,
Come o'er the meadows and we will play.
Put on your dresses, scarlet and gold,
For summer is gone and the days grow cold.
-- Children's Song of the 1880's
Delicious autumn!  My very soul is wedded to it,
and if I were a bird, I would fly about the earth
seeking the successive autumns.
-- George Eliot
A few days ago I walked along the edge of the lake and was treated to the
crunch and rustle of leaves with each step I took.  In this bright season, all
sounds, no matter how hushed, are as crisp as the autumn air.
-- Eric Sloane
Spring comes with flowers, autumn with the moon, summer with the
breeze, winter with the snow.  When idle concerns don't fill your
thoughts, that's your best season. -- Wu-Men
I love fall!  Fall is exciting.
It's apples and cider,
It's an airborne spider,
It's pumpkins in bins,
It's burrs on dogs' chins,
It's wind blowing leaves,
It's chilly red knees,
It's nuts on the ground,
It's a crisp dry sound,
It's green leaves turning
And the smell of them burning,
It's clouds in the sky,
It's fall.  That's why.....
I love fall!
-- Author Unknown
Then summer fades and passes and October comes.  We'll smell smoke then, and feel
an unexpected sharpness, a thrill of nervousness, a sense of sadness and elation.
-- Thomas Wolfe
The Sussex lanes were very lovely in the autumn......spendthrift gold and glory of
the year-end.....earth scents and the sky winds and all the magic of the
countryside which is ordained for the healing of the soul.
-- Monica Baldwin
Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn. -- Elizabeth Lawrence
The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy,
while cares will drop away from you.....like the leaves of autumn.  -- John Muir
The hazy, cloudless skies of Indian Summer, leaves scurrying down the street before
the wind, the cold shiver from an arctic blast, the last warmth of the sun, chilly
mornings and glorious afternoons, the harvest moon, the hunter's moon, the rainy
season, dry corn stalks clattering in the wind, the touch of frost on grass and window
pane, the smell of burning leaves.....autumn.  -- Keith Heidorn
Youth is like spring, an over-praised season, more remarkable for its winds than
its genial breezes.  Autumn is the mellower season and what we lose in flowers, we
more than gain in fruits.  -- Samuel Butler
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