Autumnal Thoughts........

[Sloan1874]

The Edinburgh Festival is drawing into its last week and I noticed it was dark by 9pm last night, both of which are sure signs that autumn is a-coming in.

 

[kaiser]

Same here in Germany as well, days are getting shorter and there is even a little chill in the air early in the morning when I go out with the Dogs. From the standpoint of the Meteorolgists Fall begins on the First of September. Not very far away.

 

[Stray Cat]

The Season of Death is upon us again. Repent!:eusa_doh:

Heat-mizer strikes again.

 

[Stray Cat]

Same here in Germany as well, days are getting shorter and there is even a little chill in the air early in the morning when I go out with the Dogs. From the standpoint of the Meteorolgists Fall begins on the First of September. Not very far away.

I am lookin foreward to it. :nod:

 

[Ghost Rider]

I am lookin foreward to it. :nod:

Me too, although it can wait until afterr my summer holiday which starts next week.

 

[Heather]

Mornings and evenings have been very crisp & fall-like where I am (Maine). No leaves changing yet! I'm looking forward to it although I'm still wrapping my head around the fact that my kids go back to school next week. DH is on vacation this week and with this warming trend we're gonna have, the timing couldn't be more perfect. The last hurrah!

 

[jamespowers]

Heat-mizer strikes again.

Bleak desolate autumn with the Grim Reaper behind every tree.....

 

[Gregg Axley]

90's again this week. Low humidity though, so it's not too bad.

 

[Stray Cat]

[size=+2]The Autumn[/size]
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
(1806-1861)

Go, sit upon the lofty hill,
And turn your eyes around,
Where waving woods and waters wild
Do hymn an autumn sound.
The summer sun is faint on them --
The summer flowers depart --
Sit still -- as all transform'd to stone,
Except your musing heart.
How there you sat in summer-time,
May yet be in your mind;
And how you heard the green woods sing
Beneath the freshening wind.
Though the same wind now blows around,
You would its blast recall;
For every breath that stirs the trees,
Doth cause a leaf to fall.

Oh! like that wind, is all the mirth
That flesh and dust impart:
We cannot bear its visitings,
When change is on the heart.
Gay words and jests may make us smile,
When Sorrow is asleep;
But other things must make us smile,
When Sorrow bids us weep!

The dearest hands that clasp our hands, --
Their presence may be o'er;
The dearest voice that meets our ear,
That tone may come no more!
Youth fades; and then, the joys of youth,
Which once refresh'd our mind,
Shall come -- as, on those sighing woods,
The chilling autumn wind.

Hear not the wind -- view not the woods;
Look out o'er vale and hill-
In spring, the sky encircled them --
The sky is round them still.
Come autumn's scathe -- come winter's cold --
Come change -- and human fate!
Whatever prospect Heaven doth bound,
Can ne'er be desolate.

I find this perfectly Autumnal.

(accept the weather changes, James!)

 

[jamespowers]

(accept the weather changes, James!)

No.

 

[Stray Cat]

No.

:rofl:

C'mon!
Stop sulking.

Autumn is..

..adorable!

 

[Stray Cat]

...and all the pretty trench-coats.

 

[Formeruser012523]

...and all the pretty trench-coats.

I agree w/ you 100%. Fall is lovely!

You can keep trying, but I really think JP will just continue to be bitter against any good weather...

 

[Justin B]

Fall...pffft! Turn up the heat! I'll take another two months of summer.

 

[flat-top]

I can't believe September is in 10 days! Because of the craziness of my life this year, Summer really did fly by.
I'm glad

 

[jamespowers]

Fall...pffft! Turn up the heat! I'll take another two months of summer.

Yeah man! You know how to live in the light rather than the darkness.

 

[jamespowers]

You can keep trying, but I really think JP will just continue to be bitter against any good weather...

Of course I will. I have good sense. Cold weather is for the birds and people who do not know any better than to come in out of the snow.

 

[jamespowers]

...and all the pretty trench-coats.

Need to stay in the closet. :eusa_doh:

 

[jamespowers]

:rofl:

C'mon!
Stop sulking.

Autumn is..

..adorable!

That better not be an Evil Squirrel:

 

[Formeruser012523]

Of course I will. I have good sense. Cold weather is for the birds and people who do not know any better than to come in out of the snow.

We're talking about fall! It is sensible weather. Not freezing cold. That's something else.