The Gifts Of September

I went for a walk the other day, and just wanted to share some of the gift's of September that I came across while walking.

Along with some of my favorite September quotes.

"There comes a time when autumn asks,

"What have you been doing all summer?"

"What a pity flowers can utter no sound!—

A singing rose, a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle ...

oh, what a rare and exquisite miracle would these be!"

                                                                                                         - Henry Ward Beecher

"By all these lovely tokens

September days are here,

With summer’s best of weather

And autumn’s best of cheer."

- Helen Hunt Jackson, September, 1830-1885

"The breezes taste of apple peel.

The air is full of smells to feel-

Ripe fruit, old footballs, burning brush,

New books, erasers, chalk, and such.

The bee, his hive, well-honeyed hum,

And Mother cuts chrysanthemums.

Like plates washed clean with suds,
The days are polished with a morning haze."

- John Updike, September

Smile and remember;

We're fool's whether we dance or not. So we might as well dance.

Japanese Proverb