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Monday, November 2, 2009

'The melancholy days are come'. . .

Halloween day began with snow flurries but ended with sunshine and bright blue skies. So I took a windy walk, crunching leaves, soaking up the sun I hadn't seen most of the week, and found glorious reds in the trees.See more autumnal reds at Mary's meme, Ruby Tuesday.

The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.
The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field a scarlet gown.
Lest I should be old-fashioned,
I'll put a trinket on.

Emily Dickinson

16 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for posting some color! All of ours seems to have blown away.

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  2. This is my favorite time of year. Beautiful reds. Have a great day.

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  3. Wonderful photos of the autumn leaves and the berries.

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  4. Beautiful reads. Lovely poem.

    Paz

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  5. Lovely photo and I enjoyed the poem. It seems we are on a similar path, exploring a new world. HRT

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  6. Love the leaves and the red-bedecked tree! :)

    My RT entry is here.

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  7. Nature at its finest....so, so beautiful.

    My R T is posted now. "I came, HE SAWED, we conquered". come see. Here is the permalink to my Tuesday post.

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  8. So pretty .. red berries for the birds!

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  9. Where have I been? An Emily poem I have not seen before. How lovely.

    Lovely reds, Noni, and I can so hear the crunch. I enjoyed the virtual ramble you shared with us.

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  10. Melancholy days,
    sprinkled with grey, vermilion—
    autumn, my lover!

    My Ruby Tuesday

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To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals--that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm & unspoiled when the world praises him.
Honoré de Balzac