Day Three Hundred Two 2012

Autumn Postcards From My House









Do you see the bird?



"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."  ~ George Eliot

Day Two Hundred Eighty Three 2011

Autumn! What’s not to  love?

Day Two Hundred Seventy One 2011

Pumpkins and gourds come in all sorts of colors and shapes, sizes and textures. Here are a couple of macro versions, smooth and gnarly. Autumn rocks!

Day Two Hundred Fifty Six 2011

 
I always hate to see Summer go, but, for me, Fall is the most wonderful time of the year. One of my favorite things about Fall is pumpkins and gourds. I can’t resist them. Have to have them. They were calling to me in the store this afternoon. This year I will try not to buy too many. But….I say that every year.

Day Two Hundred Sixty Eight 2010

Pumpkin Time!

For me, Autumn is the most wonderful time of the year--pumpkins and gourds, scarecrows and pumpkin people, Indian corn, candy corn, and leaves turning their true colors.

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"Back into your garden-beds!

Here come the holidays!

And woe to the golden pumpkin-heads

Attracting too much praise.

Hide behind the hoe, the plow,

Cling fast to the vine!

Those who come to praise you now

Will soon sit down to dine."

~~ Grace Cornell Tall

To Pumpkins at Pumpkin Time

Day Two Hundred Sixty Five 2010

Happy Fall, Y'all!

Daughter Kelly sent me this picture of ornamental gourds she bought at a vegetable stand down the road from her house. 25 cents each. Not too shabby. Even better--they're for me! She knows I love gourds. The gnarlier the better. It's nice to be thought of. Thanks, Kelly! Welcome, Autumn! The most wonderful time of the year.

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"the air is different today

the wind sings with a new tone

sighing of changes coming

the harvest gathered

a flower, a nut

some mead, and bread

a candle and a prayer

returning the fruits

in thanksgiving

to the grove

and receiving

it's blessing

again"

--Rhawk, Alban Elfed

Day Two Hundred Sixty Eight

The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

For me, anyway. Ornamental gourds like these are just a few of my favorite Autumnal things.