Tis Autumn and the leaves are gold

Hello to all the autumn fans, welcoming the crisp morning air and fluttering leaves. Hello to Tablescape Thursday hosted by our friend Susan. Please join her at Between naps on the Porch and visit all the wonderfully set tables throughout blogland.

My table is not the usual oranges and pumpkin faces, but a little more subtle this year.

Autumn begins with a subtle change in the light, with skies 
a deeper blue, and nights that become suddenly clear and 
chilled.  The season comes full with the first frost, the 
disappearance of migrant birds, and the harvesting of 
the season's last crops."
-   Glenn Wolff and Jerry Denn

"Come said the wind to
the leaves one day,
Come o're the meadows
and we will play.
Put on your dresses
scarlet and gold,
For summer is gone
and the days grow cold."
-  A Children's Song of the 1880's

"October's poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter."
-   Nova Bair

"Summer is already better, but the best is autumn. 
It is mature, reasonable and serious, it glows 
moderately and not frivolously ... It cools down, 
clears up, makes you reasonable ..." 
- Valentin

"Listen ...
With faint dry sound,
Like steps of passing ghosts,
The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break free from the trees
And fall."
-   Adelaide Crapsey, 1878-1914, November Night

I hope you enjoyed your visit. The small casserole dishes were a new find at the Christmas Tree Shops in Buffalo, NY on Monday. The green silverware was from a small gift store in Orchard park, NY. The hammered chargers were a great Goodwill find.