Had a reason to walk downtown to the post office.
Not really thinking anything, an old poem kept running in my head.
In Autumn
They’re coming down in showers,
The leaves all gold and red;
They’re covering the little flowers,
And tucking them in bed.
They’ve spread a fairy carpet
All up and down the street;
And when we skip along to school
They rustle ‘neath our feet.
~~Fannie Montgomery
An Autumn Day
Pumpkins in the cornfield,
Gold among the brown,
Leaves of rust and scarlet
Trembling slowly down;
Birds that travel southward,
Lovely time to play;
Nothing is as pleasant
As an autumn day!
-Carmen Lagos Signes
I found this one when I was teaching and designing a bulletin board.
Ah, yes, that’s where mine came from as well.
As Daycare Teacher’s Assistant, I was always working on bulletin boards, but this particular poem became a header for the newsletter.
How enjoyable to remember poems….
I enjoy reading your messages. Thanks for sending them to me.
Hope things are going well for you up there in the “cold” lands
It is just now starting to get chilly. GREAT football weather!
Oh how I miss the fall!
Hi, I’m here via Owlhaven…I’ve lurked on your site before so ‘HI’.
Lovely picture and poem BTW…I love Fall!!!
Thanks for playing the ‘comment’ game over at my place!
Mary, mom to many
Here from Owlhaven…
What a lovely Fall photo. We don’t have Fall here in So Cal; just fire season.
Lovely Diane!
nice poem and perfect for the weather
Sorry about the comment at my place. They are both published. I just switched to Blogger beta and have had some trouble getting used to it. So far I am wishing I never did. Oh well.
So so beautiful!!!! Thank you.
Oh you make me long for the Grand Avenue of my childhood and the walk to Incarnation Grade School in Minneapolis. Thanks for stirring my heart strings and sweet memories.