A Perfect Month

Take in the season as much as it lets you. Touch it, smell it, breathe it in. October never disappoints.

“Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter.”
—Carol Bishop Hipps

[Photo from Free Kibble; photographer unknown.]

Of Leaves and Leavings

Autumn begins today.

Actually, autumn has been lurking here since two days before the summer solstice. Some leaves changed hue or texture; others fell from their trees. The extreme weather conditions have confused the seasons and it’s anybody’s guess how the coming seasons will unfold.

I adore autumn, so naturally I want it to continue for months and months. But I’ll take it however I can get it.

[Camofleur by William Wegman.]

Parallel Seasons

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
—Albert Camus