by Carole Brown
…that I LOVE October. So to spread a little cheer, I’ll share a few quotes and pictures that will have you smiling and thinking and maybe give you the urge to shuffle through some autumn leaves yourself. Enjoy!
October Loves:
- Brick walkways and streets
- Rain
- Lamp lights
“October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once more in sight, and the enduring constellations above them once again.”
October Loves:
- The clear starry nights
- The transition between warm days and cold ones
- The colorful trees that encourage us to look UP!
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” Anne of Green Gables
October Loves:
- The colors of Autumn
- The harvest of Autumn
- The sense of Autumn
“October is the month for painted leaves…. As fruits and leaves and the day itself acquire a bright tint just before they fall, so the year near its setting. October is its sunset sky; November the later twilight.” ~Henry David Thoreau, “Autumnal Tints”
October Loves:
- Children at play
- Snoopy loves Fall! 🙂
- Bright cheeks
October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book. ~John Sinor
October Loves:
- Fresh Apple Cider
- Pumpkins
- Crisp Apples
Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter. ~Carol Bishop Hipps, “October,”
May you all have a blessed rest-of-the-October, and may your work be fruitful and abundant.
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