“The distance lends enchantment to the view, and robes the mountain in its azure hue.”
-Thomas Campbell
Tag Archives: Autumn
Ask Yourself
“One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, “What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?”
-Rachel Carson
There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
~Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Watching the Leaves Turn
“Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.”
-Elizabeth Lawrence
Day’s Beginnings
“Autumn mornings: sunshine and crisp air, birds and calmness, year’s end and day’s beginnings.”
-Terri Guillemets
Autumn’s Luster
“There is a harmony
In autumn, and a luster in its sky…”
~Percy Bysshe Shelley
Autumn’s harmony is deeply felt and completely absorbed. This is a season of completion and reflection, and of shimmering beauty, luster and radiance. The grasses and trees are shining forth in full fruition of their potential. The forests rich in greens and yellows.
The gifts of Fall’s presence, endlessly giving.
The Face of Autumn
“No Spring nor Summer Beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one Autumnal face.”
– John Donne
Every Leaf is a Flower
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
~Albert Camus
A Blessing for the Whole Day
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
Henry David Thoreau
Where will you walk today? May your walk provide exploration of the wonders of the world around you, big and small, and the wonder too of the inner mysteries…
Autumn’s Mosaic
“Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting
and autumn a mosaic of them all.”
– Stanley Horowitz
Autumnal Sunshine
“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.”
– Nathaniel Hawthorne