Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love — that makes life and nature harmonize. The birds are consulting about their migrations, the trees are putting on the hectic or the pallid hues of decay, and begin to strew the ground, that one’s very footsteps may not disturb the repose of earth and air, while they give us a scent that is a perfect anodyne to the restless spirit. 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, letter to Miss Lewis, 1st October 1841 
October’s poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter. ~Nova S. Bair
The days may not be so bright and balmy—yet the quiet and melancholy that linger around them is fraught with glory. Over everything connected with autumn there lingers some golden spell—some unseen influence that penetrates the soul with its mysterious power. ~Northern Advocate 
...I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house. So I have spent almost all the daylight hours in the open air. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne, 10th October 1842
And neither could I. Such a beautiful day beckoned me to take my camera (and Sadie) out for a walk. We are so lucky to have the trail at the University of Pittsburgh so close to our house. The leaves are just beginning their change.
And of course I needed a picture of Sadie.
Sweet and lovable Sadie <3
ReplyDeleteBeautiful all... Photos and quotes and your words...
ReplyDeleteLovely to live near a college or university. I do, but didn't know that you do, too.
Tessa~
"Here there be musing" blog
Just the right photos for this time of September. And I love the Eliot quote, love the "still melancholy" aura that she writes about too--George is a she, isn't she? My mother used to feel sad in autumn and there is a touch of that for me but it's the nice kind of sadness.
ReplyDeleteI bet your autumn is always so much earlier there than here. You and Sadie enjoy it!