Showing posts with label Fall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fall. Show all posts

Friday, October 2, 2009

Autumn Quotes...




Autumn Quotes

"For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.
For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad."
- Edwin Way Teale
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"Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile."
- William Cullen Bryant
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"October is nature's funeral month.
Nature glories in death more than in life. The month of
departure is more beautiful than the month of coming -
October than May. Every green thing loves
to die in bright colors."
- Henry Ward Beecher
~~~

"Listen! the wind is rising,
and the air is wild with leaves,
We have had our summer evenings,
now for October eves!"
- Humbert Wolfe
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"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
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"Every leaf speaks bliss to me,
fluttering from the autumn tree."
- Emily Bronte
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"Even if something is left undone,
everyone must take time to sit still and
watch the leaves turn."
- Elizabeth Lawrence
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- e.e. cummings
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"All those golden autumn days the sky was full of wings.
Wings beating low over the blue water of Silver Lake,
wings beating high in the blue air far above it . . .
bearing them all away to the green fields in the South."
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
~~~

"Now's the time when children's noses
All become as red as roses,
And the colour of their faces
Makes me think of orchard places
Where the juicy apples grow,
And tomatoes in a row."
- Katherine Mansfield, 'Autumn Song'
~~~

"No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November!"
- Thomas Hood, 'No!'
~~~

"Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles,
watching the birds change color and fall from the trees."
- David Letterman


Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Decorating Ideas for Fall



This list comes from CountryHome online I thought it had
some really neat decorating tips! Hope you enjoy!...

Celebrate fall by beautifying your home
with some of the season’s natural bounty.

With autumn on its way, folks all over
are jumping in their cars and driving to
the country to grab a glimpse of the
season's natural splendor. Bring some of
that beauty home with these simple ideas
for fall home décor.

1. Be the talk of the town with a playful
pumpkin version of a snowman. Stack
three pumpkins in graduated sizes,
drilling holes through the pumpkins and
inserting a large stick to secure. Add
stick arms and a face using a black
marker.

2. Make a quirky topiary by placing a
sturdy branch in a box or flowerpot,
weighing it down with bricks or rocks
that you then cover with nuts. Cut or
drill a hold through the largest pumpkin,
and place on the branch. Top with two
smaller pumpkins.



3. Accent a door or wall with a swag of
Indian corn. Use twine to connect the
ears, knotting the twine after adding
each ear. Tuck in pressed maple leaves
for even more color. Then loop the
twine at the top to hang.

4. Don't just throw all those tree
trimmings in the trash this autumn.
Place a bundle of bare branches in a
large terra-cotta pot and weave little
white holiday lights to create the
perfect décor for y
our home.

5. Have a ball by wrapping colorful dried
leaves around purchased plastic-foam
balls from a crafts store. Glue the leaves
on, then wind thin wire around and
around to hold them firmly in place.
Stack a collection of balls in a basket
for rustic country style.

6. Make an autumn garland for your
mantle with colorful apples. Use an awl
or knitting needle to pierce through the
apples from side to side. Pull twine
through the hole and knot it to hold the
apple in place. Spice up the display by
alternating apples with gourds, walnuts,
or leaves.

7. Lead trick-or-treaters to your door or
dinner guests to the back patio with
country luminaries made with old glass
jars. Put a bit of sand in the jar and set a
small candle in the sand. Line the
sidewalk with the luminaries or even
hang them from trees with wire.

8. Decorate a wreath for your front door
with clusters of berries, ornamental
grasses, and other fall finds. Purchase a
wreath form at a local crafts store, then
simply attach the berries and grasses
with wire or hot glue.

9. Turn mini pumpkins into decorative
candleholders. Just carve a hole large
enough for a tea candle in the top of the
pumpkin. Arrange a bunch across a
mantle or down the middle of the dining
table.

10. For a fragrant treat, fill a ceramic
bowl or wicker basket with oranges,
lemons, pinecones, nuts, and pieces of
evergreen. Place the container just inside
the front door for a special welcome
home.

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Quotes on Autumn...



Quotes on Autumn


"For man, autumn is a time of harvest,
of gathering together. For nature, it is a time
of sowing, of scattering abroad."

- Edwin Way Teale

"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

"I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as
autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend
almost all the daylight hours in the open air."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor,
summer an oil painting,
and autumn a mosaic of them all."

- Stanley Horowitz

"Then summer fades and passes and October comes.
We'll smell smoke then, and feel an unexpected
sharpness, a thrill of nervousness, swift elation,
a sense of sadness and departure."

- Thomas Wolfe

"Autumn is a second spring when
every leaf is a flower."

- Albert Camus

Do you have a favorite Autumn quote? Which one?