Welcome to Autumn

[Crimson Dynamo]

Today marks the start of the meteorological Autumn and it runs Sept, Oct and Nov. Summer has now ended.

:spin:

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Sonnet 73: That Time Of Year Thou Mayst In Me Behold - Poem by William Shakespeare

That time of year thou mayst in me behold,

When yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang

Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,

Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang.

In me thou seest the twilight of such day

As after sunset fadeth in the west,

Which by and by black night doth take away,

Death's second self that seals up all in rest.

In me thou seest the glowing of such fire

That on the ashes of his youth doth lie

As the death-bed whereon it must expire,

Consumed with that which it was nourished by.

This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong,

To love that well which thou must leave ere long.

[Ashley.]

Still Summer where I am, it's too hot! :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Still Summer where I am, it's too hot! :laugh:

Its pretty chilly up here in a NW wind (13C)

[Pete.]

Well it's raining here

[Jordan.]

The best season has arrived :flutter:

[Suze]

The best season has arrived :flutter:

Absolutely true :)

[Suze]

Is it ok to nick that pic, LT.

[Ashley.]

Autumn means that Christmas is near. :love:

[Pete.]

The best season has arrived :flutter:
Agreed

[Samuel.]

The best season has arrived :flutter:

^

[Crimson Dynamo]

Is it ok to nick that pic, LT.

feel free

[lostalex]

i love the smell of halloween.

wet leaves and chimneys.

[kirklancaster]

The older you all get, the more you will think that EVERY new season is the best. :hehe:

[BigSister]

Love autumn/winter new coats are out and you know that Christmas is on the way

[Crimson Dynamo]

I passed a house last night that had a fire going and there was a low mist on some fields

very autumnal

[smudgie]

Beautiful picture LT.
Sun is shining here today so I will keep hold of Summer for a few weeks, yesterday it felt more like Autumn.
I love Autumn, cosy evenings and a nip in the air:cheer2:

[Lostie!]

September through to December are the best months of the year for me, by far. :flutter:

http://myworldmommyanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/BER-MONTHS.jpg

:hee:

[Natalie.]

:flutter:

[Xtopher]

Starts in the 23rd here. I'm ready. Gonna be traveling across america during October so it will be wonderful to see a REAL autumn.

[Vanessa]

I have two weeks holidays in Christmas and New Year. :cheer2:

[Cal.]

http://www.abbeyhousehotel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Autumn-Ball.jpg

[rubymoo]

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When i were a young one, it was all about the conkers, i still can't resist picking them up off the ground and peeling them open to reveal a lovely shiny new conker:flutter:

You don't see kids anymore throwing sticks up a tree to knock the conkers down:(

I love Autumn, but i tend to lose my dog as she's the colour of a fox and small like a fox, so she just blends in with the leaves:laugh:

[Lostie!]

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When i were a young one, it was all about the conkers, i still can't resist picking them up off the ground and peeling them open to reveal a lovely shiny new conker:flutter:

You don't see kids anymore throwing sticks up a tree to knock the conkers down:(

I love Autumn, but i tend to lose my dog as she's the colour of a fox and small like a fox, so she just blends in with the leaves:laugh:

Omg, this takes me back! I remember the annual conker craze when I was at school. :laugh: :love:

[Crimson Dynamo]

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When i were a young one, it was all about the conkers, i still can't resist picking them up off the ground and peeling them open to reveal a lovely shiny new conker:flutter:

You don't see kids anymore throwing sticks up a tree to knock the conkers down:(

I love Autumn, but i tend to lose my dog as she's the colour of a fox and small like a fox, so she just blends in with the leaves:laugh:

the joy of finding a great tree and some motherhubbard big ass conkers

[rubymoo]

The conker craze was brilliant Lostie wasn't it:laugh: kids turning up with carrier bags full of conkers, and the real competitive kids who had soaked theirs in vinegar to make theirs extra tough, so they'd win, kids today haven't lived:laugh:

And yes LT the joy of finding that tree with huge conkers, and to spend an afternoon chucking a stick at those conkers to knock them off:flutter:

I remember taking my girls to the park a few years back and finding a stick to throw at conkers, they looked at me as if i'd lost the plot as i started throwing the stick up the tree:laugh:

[Lostie!]

The conker craze was brilliant Lostie wasn't it:laugh: kids turning up with carrier bags full of conkers, and the real competitive kids who had soaked theirs in vinegar to make theirs extra tough, so they'd win, kids today haven't lived:laugh:

And yes LT the joy of finding that tree with huge conkers, and to spend an afternoon chucking a stick at those conkers to knock them off:flutter:

I remember taking my girls to the park a few years back and finding a stick to throw at conkers, they looked at me as if i'd lost the plot as i started throwing the stick up the tree:laugh:

I could never play Conkers properly (I also didn't really want to because I was scared of the conkers hitting my fingers :joker:) so I'd just collect them for the sake of it. :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

The conker craze was brilliant Lostie wasn't it:laugh: kids turning up with carrier bags full of conkers, and the real competitive kids who had soaked theirs in vinegar to make theirs extra tough, so they'd win, kids today haven't lived:laugh:

And yes LT the joy of finding that tree with huge conkers, and to spend an afternoon chucking a stick at those conkers to knock them off:flutter:

I remember taking my girls to the park a few years back and finding a stick to throw at conkers, they looked at me as if i'd lost the plot as i started throwing the stick up the tree:laugh:

i remember going to a park next to Kew and filling up a bag with conkers with my eldest (when she was 3) and we strung them on a shoestring and made a necklace :flutter:

[rubymoo]

i remember going to a park next to Kew and filling up a bag with conkers with my eldest (when she was 3) and we strung them on a shoestring and made a necklace :flutter:

Awww that's really sweet, i love that:love:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Awww that's really sweet, i love that:love:

it was one of these very trees

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1230/940330458_d57fc3af37_b.jpg

[Josy]

Second fave season after Winter, the colours of everything around us in Autumn are beautiful :flutter:

[Jay.]

living for it

[MTVN]

Worst season by a long way, we're in for a depressing few months

[Lostie!]

Worst season by a long way, we're in for a depressing few months

:shocked:

Couldn't disagree more, I'm usually at my happiest during these months. Absolutely love them. :love:

I'm not a fan of January - March, and summer's fine when I've got stuff to do but otherwise it's depressing and the days seem to never end.

[Josy]

Worst season by a long way, we're in for a depressing few months

Go out and kick some crisp orange leaves around you miserable little ****

[Cal.]

Halloween tho<3

[Lostie!]

Halloween tho<3

I haven't actually done anything on Halloween for years now but I still always love it. :laugh:

Can't wait until it's starting to get darker at this time. :flutter:

[LukeB]

Doesn't Autumn start on Wednesday, September 23 ?

[Lostie!]

Doesn't Autumn start on Wednesday, September 23 ?

There's always some disagreement about that, I've always thought it was 21st.

But, in spirit, I like to class summer as ending when September rolls in so, for all intents and purposes, it's autumn for me now. :hee:

[arista]

Worst season by a long way, we're in for a depressing few months


No its Romantic Months

[Jason.]

Favourite time of the year. Can't wait for Halloween :love:

September-February is my favourite period of the year. I'm glad September is here, TBH. This summer has been awful for me and just depressing. I can't believe we're only 4 months away from New Year. 2015 has gone by so quickly.

[rubymoo]

it was one of these very trees

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1230/940330458_d57fc3af37_b.jpg

Wow that looks a nice clean park......not a crisp packet or can in sight:shocked:

[Suze]

I haven't actually done anything on Halloween for years now but I still always love it. :laugh:

Can't wait until it's starting to get darker at this time. :flutter:

I love it when the nights draw in :) And I like Halloween because we get the horror film fests on TV :)

[Ammi]

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[kirklancaster]

Ode To Autumn by John Keats.

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.


Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep,
Drows'd with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:
And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook;
Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,
Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.

.
Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft
The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.

[Josy]

Aw I love autumn the beautiful colours, the crunch of the leaves, and the crisp mornings :flutter:

Nothing beats winter though

[kirklancaster]

Aw I love autumn the beautiful colours, the crunch of the leaves, and the crisp mornings :flutter:

Nothing beats winter though

Yeah, I love all the seasons, but Autumn and Winter are the best. Whether others agree though, does, I think, depend upon:

a) Whether you have been raised to appreciate nature in all its true beauty

b) Living in an inner city concrete tower block gazing out over a vista of urban sprawl, graffitied decaying buildings, litter strewn streets and squalor.

Some of us are so lucky, that not only have we a 'sense' of nature, but also that we have at least some nature on our doorstep.

Just a thought.

[jennyjuniper]

My favourite season. As a child we went to church regularly, but harvest festival was utterly beautiful. The alter was full of fruit, veg and corn stooks and looked like a jewel box of colour. There is a scent in the air that is only to be found in Autumn and the morning mist in the fields is a wonderful sight.

[Ashley.]

This morning I sat in my garden with a cup of hot chocolate and a red leaf fell into my mug! I wasn't sure whether it was magical, or just annoying.

[Kizzy]

Aw I love autumn the beautiful colours, the crunch of the leaves, and the crisp mornings :flutter:

Nothing beats winter though

Are you startin hag?.... *throws drink*

[Livia]

There was a definite chill in the air this morning, and the trees are just beginning to turn. I love autumn too. And Kirk, you can't beat a bit of Keats.

[kirklancaster]

There was a definite chill in the air this morning, and the trees are just beginning to turn. I love autumn too. And Kirk, you can't beat a bit of Keats.

Apart from Byron - You see, I am a hopeless Romantic at heart Liv. Do you actually enjoy poetry Liv? I do.

[smudgie]

Ode To Autumn by John Keats.

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.


Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep,
Drows'd with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:
And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook;
Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,
Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.

.
Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft
The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.

Awwww:bawling:
My late fathers favourite poem.
Thank you Kirk, perfect way to start Autumn proper.:love:

[Crimson Dynamo]

There was a definite chill in the air this morning, and the trees are just beginning to turn. I love autumn too. And Kirk, you can't beat a bit of Keats.

Yes, just 8C when i went out for a walk there and i eat 5 brambles

mmm

[kirklancaster]

Yes, just 8C when i went out for a walk there and i eat 5 brambles.
mmm

:laugh: I am out every morning, either walking or sat in the garden with a cuppa, and I deliberately left the blackberry plants in my hedges just because I love picking blackberries and eating them.

[kirklancaster]

Awwww:bawling:
My late fathers favourite poem.
Thank you Kirk, perfect way to start Autumn proper.:love:

Yeah, I've always loved this Keats classic. I'm glad it resonates with you Smudgie. God bless you.

[Kizzy]

A cold coming.

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[LukeB]

My favourite season :flutter:

[Lostie!]

:lovedup:

Think I'm gonna change my desktop wallpaper to an autumny one, I've already done so on my mobile. :flutter:

http://i.imgur.com/cIRAOI0.png?1

I get really into the whole spirit during this time of year, absolutely love it. :love:

[Daniel-X]

My favourite season :flutter: in between Summer and Winter which is fantastic.

People say springs in between but Spring is way more summery than wintery