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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

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andymac 11 Sep 2014
Close bosom friend of the maturing sun.

One of the few evocative pieces of verse I remember from school.

Always remember it at this time of early Autumn.probably my favourite time of year.

No midges ,not too hot.just nice.

Hope some of you can see tonight's glorious Caribbean esque moon.
In reply to andymac:

Absolutely lovely up here in Torridon . 20 degrees in Gairloch today but cooling down nicely at night so a beautiful moon as you said. And midges on the retreat! Looks like staying settled for the next week as well.
Paradise!
 dek 11 Sep 2014
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Indian Summer? Long may it continue!
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***Envious***

We're heading into spring here. On the plus side we may get thunderstorms...
 Rob Exile Ward 12 Sep 2014
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I started climbing in the Autumn, some of the most vivid memories I have are driving to the Avon Gorge in the school minibus though the morning mist, then climbing as the sun burnt off the mist and we were left baking on Morning slab.
 spearing05 12 Sep 2014
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My mum used to have table place mats with various seasonal poems on each one. The only ones that have stuck in my mind are this and 'but the merryest month of all the year is the merry month of May' attributed (iirc) to Robin Hood.

They both seem so apt in their appropriate seasons. I love the autumn with its colours and mists and mellow fruitfulness (and the anticipation of winter fun) but equally love the fresh green and warmth of spring.
 Siward 12 Sep 2014
In reply to andymac:
Some lovely quotes about autumn here:

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/autumn

I quite like this one:

“But then fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend that you have missed. It settles in the way an old friend will settle into your favorite chair and take out his pipe and light it and then fill the afternoon with stories of places he has been and things he has done since last he saw you.”
Stephen King, 'Salem's Lot

(and remember, before you all start, that Fall is an English word taken over the pond by the Americans)
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 Siward 12 Sep 2014
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“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.”

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