The Peeling Away ~

"Such days of autumnal decline hold

 a strange mystery which adds to the

 gravity of all our moods.”

 Charles Nodier

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the yellowed leaves

another chapter finished

another tale told

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Fading Fast ~

"'Tis the last rose of summer,


Left blooming alone;


All her lovely companions


Are faded and gone."


Thomas Moore

 The Last Rose of Summer - 1830

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the complete poem

can be found

here

The Path ~

“End? No, the journey doesn't end here.

  Death is just another path.

 One that we all must take.”

J.R.R. Tolkien

I run in the path of your commands

 for you have set my heart free.

 Psalm 119:32

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alongside 

one another 

the beginning

 and 

the ending lie

The Turning ~

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the aged body

belies the youthful

heart not yet

 turned

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"the fall of a leaf is 

a whisper

to the living"

Russian Proverb

Autumn Joy ~

Autumn Joy

is the name

 of this

 particular sedum

the color will continue

to deepen until we have a

hard frost and then the birds 

will enjoy the seeds throughout 

the winter months

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"Behold congenial Autumn comes,
the Sabbath of the Year."

John Logan

1748 - 1788

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September 22, 2013

the first day of autumn

Approach ~

the summer

is almost spent

 autumn advances

 nearer the threshold

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Nature gives to

 every time and season

 some beauties of its own;

 and from morning to night,

 as from the cradle to the grave,

 it is but a succession of changes

 so gentle and easy that

 we can scarcely mark

 their progress

Charles Dickens

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A New Day ~

may your day

be colored with love

*  *  *

But let us, who are of the day,

 be sober, putting on the

 breastplate of faith and love;

 and for an helmet,

 the hope of salvation.

1 Thess. 5:8

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"'Tis always morning

somewhere in the world."

Richard Henry Horne

 

 

 

"Dream A Little Dream" ~

 “I love the silent hour of night,

 for blissful dreams may then arise,

 revealing to my
charmed sight

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 what may not bless my waking eyes.”

Anne Bronte

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a weed grows
boldly through the deck

The Grasshopper And The Rose ~

there are times when

 all you can do

 

 is hang on

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I pray that out of His

glorious riches

He may strengthen you

with power through His Spirit

in your inner being.

Ephesians 3:16

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Most Assuredly ~

assuredly

 the grass withers

the word of the Lord

stands forever

1 Peter 1:24-25

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I have always looked upon decay

 as being just as wonderful and

 rich an expression of

 life as growth.

Henry Miller

1891-1980