“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” ~John Burroughs
Month: November 2013
Progress
“Never discourage anyone… who makes continual progress, no matter how slow.” ~Plato
Of Course, Of Course!
“All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard a horse sing a song.” ~Louis Armstrong
Rolling hills
I always enjoy driving past this beautiful farm, but especially so in the autumn.
“Nature’s heart beats strong amid the hills.” ~Richard Monckton Milnes
Fly away
“We fear to trust our wings. We plume and feather them, but dare not throw our weight upon them. We cling too often to the perch.” ~Charles Newcomb Baxter
Fallen leaves
“The time of the falling leaves has come again. Once more in our morning walk we tread upon carpets of gold and crimson, of brown and bronze, woven by the winds or the rains out of these delicate textures while we slept.” ~John Burroughs
Blur of red wings
“… the difference between good and evil… It’s very thin, it’s made of something very flimsy… and if you cross it, it really starts to blur where fair becomes foul and foul becomes fair.” ~Harlan Coben
Ready for harvest
It’s fun to watch the soybean harvest, as dusty as it may be.
“It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in Autumn.” ~B. C. Forbes
Bur Marigold
“The earth laughs in flowers.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mockingbird sunning in a crepe myrtle
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. ~Charlotte Whitton
walking on a country road 