Autumn Leaf Of The Day #37

 

 “October air, complete with dancing leaves and sighing winds greeted him as he stepped from the bus onto the dusty highway. Coolness embraced. The scent of burning wood hung crisp in the air from somewhere far in the distance. His backpack dropped in a flutter of dust. He surveyed dying cornfields from the gas station bus stop. Seeing this place, for the first time in over twenty years, brought back a flood of memories, long buried and forgotten.”

 
~Jaime Allison Parker,

  The Delta Highway

 

 

 

Autumn Leaf Of The Day #37

 

“Autumn
The autumn comes, a maiden fair
In slenderness and grace,
With nodding rice-stems in her hair
And lilies in her face.
In flowers of grasses she is clad;
And as she moves along,
Birds greet her with their cooing glad
Like bracelets' tinkling song.” 

~Kālidāsa 

 

Green is a color of autumn too. Although I have to admit, I really love the purples. They are the best of all worlds. A little spring, and a little autumn. The darker shades of purple remind me of fresh plums. Deep burgundy/red inside, deep purple outside. I have a favorite sweater of the same colors. I think of plum pudding and sugarplum danish. Fruits of the Forest and Mincemeat pies. Jeepers Creepers, now I am hungry! Lets face it, I love all autumn leaves, even the brown and orange. I search for purple this time of year, but that doesn't mean I don't see the beauty in the rest of the falling leaves.

Do you have a favorite color, or type of leaf?