Hello and Welcome!

I suspect I’m in the minority when I say I’m sad to see summer end. Mostly because the cooler temperatures have caused my time in the pond to come to an end. Also, because when autumn arrives, winter (my least favorite season) is just around the corner. For now, I am going to live in the moment and enjoy the many things there are to love about autumn. I hope you do the same.

“Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.” –Samuel Butler

“The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider.” –Jane Hirshfield

“Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.” –Elizabeth Lawrence

“Fall colors are funny. They’re so bright and intense and beautiful. It’s like nature is trying to fill you up with color, to saturate you so you can stockpile it before winter turns everything muted and dreary.” –Siobhan Vivian

“May you Fall in love with October
and all the beauty it brings,
May your life be as colorful as
the turning of the leaves,
On each blessed autumn day.”
—Charmaine J. Forde

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