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the sunset of summer
will be long, we have almost a month before it sets on the horizon,
a month to wave and ponder and make our plans for autumn
all the colors and the apples, the apples are my favorite,
i only eat them in the fall.
yesterday, my friend debi wrote about autumn, her autumn
and i started thinking about how much i love
the changing of the seasons where i live,
each one so distinct, so different, sometimes not a gradual shift at all,
but a sudden plunge into the next one
and how i would miss that if i lived somewhere more temperate,
i would miss the snow, yes, there, i said it.
i mark my time by the seasons, each year that passes broken into fourths
each month part of a season, in my mind if not in actuality,
and autumn is my favorite, if i have a favorite
though there are things i love about them all.
i will make sure to spend hours gazing at this sunset,
the sunset of summer.
i will cherish its beauty, take pictures in my mind,
but my heart is already embracing cider and cool nights
and blue jeans.
Comments
Well said, Kelly. It is my favorite time as well; these next few months contain a nice mix of all the seasons, but when autumn comes to crescendo, the colors and scents of final harvests holding us, filling us until spring comes again, that is heaven spread upon the earth.
Posted by: Michael Douglas Jones | August 25th, 2010 08:06
i am reading this over pizza & a coke and with an outside temperature not yet 80 – well, maybe now. it is later than i realized. our first day in weeks with no heat advisory. it feels good, and we will only make it into the 90s today. even better. perhaps i am learning to embrace autumn a bit – yours sounds fabulous. i will use it as a model. xoxo and ps – that is one gorgeous luscious image up there.
Posted by: Debi | August 25th, 2010 08:45
Oh, I remember from my one year in New England…Very lovely indeed.
And yes, I like snow too (there! I said it,too!), but jumping in the car & just driving has won me over. 🙂
Love the photo too!
Posted by: Skye | August 25th, 2010 10:04
I have never thought about it as – the sunset of summer. How lovely that sounds 🙂 Beautiful image as always.
Posted by: Frida | August 25th, 2010 11:47
Autumn is my favorite season too and I’m already seeing signs of it making an appearance, yay!
Posted by: Kathryn | August 25th, 2010 12:03
This post allowed me to breathe … Thank You
Posted by: Sonya McCllough | August 25th, 2010 14:59
I love autumn, and pretty much everything that comes along with it, but I can’t say I love the snow. If only autumn could last till spring, with a brief 2 days of snow for Christmas
Posted by: Jamie | August 25th, 2010 19:28
texas autumn is a bit warm but a change just the same..your peachy.orange blossoms are divine here
Posted by: elk | August 25th, 2010 20:27
I love the term “sunset of summer”. Autumn is my favorite season as well.
Posted by: Carola | August 26th, 2010 19:29
ahhh what a lovely post and I can’t get enough of that beautiful image! I love autumn..I do..the smell of autumn, the change in the leaves, the brisk air and ahh yes those jeans ♥
Posted by: ivyallover | August 26th, 2010 20:02