desert diva

“The horses paw and prance and neigh,
Fillies and colts like kittens play,
And dance and toss their rippled manes
Shining and soft as silken skeins;…”

~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.”

~ Emily Bronte

“October’s foliage yellows with his cold.”

~ John Ruskin

“There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October. The sunshine is peculiarly genial; and in sheltered places, as on the side of a bank, or of a barn or house, one becomes acquainted and friendly with the sunshine. It seems to be of a kindly and homely nature. And the green grass strewn with a few withered leaves looks the more green and beautiful for them. In summer or spring nature is farther from one’s sympathies.”

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

“And the yellow sunflower by the brook, in autumn beauty stood.”

~ William Cullen Bryant

“October is the month for painted leaves. Their rich glow now flashes round the world. As fruits and leaves and the day itself acquire a bright tint just before they fall, so the year near its setting. October is its sunset sky; November the later twilight.”

~ Henry David Thoreau

“Space for the sunflower, bright with yellow glow,
To court the sky.”

~ Caroline Gilman