The fuschia in my garden has survived the workmen next door, a hyper puppy bounding in and out and through it and is now gracefully embracing autumn as the leaves begin to change from a lush green to a warm bronze.
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Albert Camus
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
October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came -
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
George Cooper, "October's Party"
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