[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by 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.

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

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by 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.

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

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by 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.

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

mmm

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

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

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]

Originally Posted by smudgie

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

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

[Lostie!]

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

Spoiler:

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

[Daniel-X]

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

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