Autumn Leaf Of The Day #60

 

“The world know it not; but you, Autumn, I confess it:

your wind at night-fall stabs deep into my heart”

 

 ~Murasaki Shikibu,

 The Tale of Genji

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #59

 

“The circus looks abandoned and empty. But you think perhaps you can smell caramel wafting through the evening breeze, beneath the crisp scent of the autumn leaves.

 A subtle sweetness at the edges of the cold.”

 
~Erin Morgenstern,

  The Night Circus

 

 

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #57/58

 

“Autumn is as joyful and sweet as an untimely end.”

 ~Remy de Gourmont

 

 

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #56

 

 

"When everything looks like a magical oil painting,

 you know you are in Autumn!"

 

 ~Mehmet Murat Ildan  

 

 

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #55

 

“If I were a bird, I would fly about the Earth

 seeking the successive autumns.”

 

~George Eliot

 

 

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #54

 

“Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place /

 And I can picture it after all these days.” 

 

~Taylor Swift

 “All Too Well”

 

 

 

 

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #53

"Fear not, November's challenge bold.

We've books, and friends and hearths, that can never grow cold.

 These make amends. 

~Alexander L. Fraser

 

 

But That's Where We Are

"Autumn is springtime in reverse."

~Teri Guillemets

 

I think I can agree with that!

 

Okay. I am back. Kinda. I am still depressed. I think I probably will be for the next four years, but what can I do? One day at a time, right? Nah. I don't believe that, at least not right now. Not when you see things like this...

 

... and realize it's real. By the way "DOGE" isn't just for cryptocurrency, it also means, Department of Government efficiency. Which is code for, I always wanted to play government. It's going to be run by Elon Musk and whats his name. Hey, the new man tapped to head the Department of Defense is, what's his name, from Fox News. The anchor who said he never washed his hands, germs aren't real, while the rest of us were fighting Covid-19. Can you believe washing your hands was controversial?

But that's where we are. 

As for me, I am just trying to photograph autumn,

 and pretend autumn will fix it.

 

 

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #52

 

“In every leaf, there's a whisper of autumn's magic.”

 “Autumn skies and pumpkin pies.”

 “Fall is proof that change is beautiful.”

 “Crisp air and cozy sweaters.”

 

~Unknown

 

 

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #51

 

“The leaves are changing; I feel poetry in the air.” 

 

~Laura Jaworski

 

 

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #50

 

“Autumn whispered to the wind, ‘I fall; but always rise again.”

 

 ~Angie Weiland-Crosby

 

 

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #49

 

“How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky

 the gorgeous fame of Summer which is fled!”

 

 ~Thomas Hood

 

 

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #48

 

“There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky,

 which through the summer is not heard or seen,

 as if it could not be, as if it had not been!”

 

 ~Percy Bysshe Shelley

 

 

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #47

 

November... the month where no one knows what to wear.

 

~Unknown

 

 

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #46

 

"November teaches us that even the darkest times can be beautiful."

 ~Unknown

 

 

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My Electoral College Map Guess

 

"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy

 impairs the security of all.”

 

 John F. Kennedy,

 Former U.S. President

 

It's about 12:00 noon Pacific Time.

 

I'll get back to you.

 

OMG... I was wrong. He won.

 

 

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #45

 

"The autumn leaves blew over the moonlit pavement in such a way as to make the girl who was moving there seem fixed to a sliding walk, letting the motion of the wind and the leaves carry her forward ... The trees overhead made a great sound of letting down their dry rain."

 

 ~Ray Bradbury 

 Fahrenheit 451