Day 309 – True Autumn
“Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love — that makes life and nature harmonize. The birds are consulting about their migrations, the trees are putting on the hectic […]
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“Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love — that makes life and nature harmonize. The birds are consulting about their migrations, the trees are putting on the hectic […]
“A tree is no more valuable than a seed. Both are simply at a different stage in their development.” ~ J.R. Rim
“Sweet October, fill with praise, Rich and glowing as thy days, Every poet’s heartfelt lays.” ~ Caroline May
“Spiders’ webs only have to be large enough to catch flies.” ~ Neil GaimanYet in the woods they often seem very good at catching photographers who stray from the path.
The leaves are falling all around,— Reluctant, waveringly they fall!… Time’s annual shades are gathering, And winter’s coming step I see!… We hear, but heed not, nature’s knell; We see, but mark not, time’s decay; […]
Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter. ~ Carol Bishop Hipps
October in scarlet and russet and grey Is hymning of Plenty and wine… How calm is the morn! In high treble the stream Is singing in rambling measure Like a bard all enrapt that would […]
In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. ~ Sam Llewelyn
“October proved a riot to the senses and climaxed those giddy last weeks before Halloween.” ~ Keith Donohue
Just after the death of the flowers, And before they are buried in snow, There comes a festival season, When nature is all aglow— Aglow with a mystical splendour That rivals the brightness of spring, […]