Orange leaves are at the centre of my attention today.
Orange leaves for Life in Colour in October.
Tag: autumn
Time for Hippos
Aesculus hippocastanum, that is, the common horse chestnuts.
Most chestnuts are still up in the trees, in their light-green prickly shell but some have already fallen and the smooth, auburn coloured chestnuts are lying on the ground. One of my favourite signs that autumn is here.
Patient Men Will Eat Ripe Fruit
Today’s RDP prompt is autumn. Now, although it already feels like autumn technically it is still summer. Yet the autumn fruits are being harvested, the first pumpkins and squashes are at the market, apples and pears are ripe for the picking, the grapes need a few more day.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Autumn
My (and every second German’s) favourite autumn poem, written by Rainer Maria Rilke in 1902 in the Paris:
Herbsttag
Herr, es ist Zeit. Der Sommer war sehr groß.
Leg deinen Schatten auf die Sonnenuhren,
und auf den Fluren lass die Winde los.
Befiehl den letzten Früchten, voll zu sein;
gib ihnen noch zwei südlichere Tage,
dränge sie zur Vollendung hin, und jage
die letzte Süße in den schweren Wein.
Wer jetzt kein Haus hat, baut sich keines mehr.
Wer jetzt allein ist, wird es lange bleiben,
wird wachen, lesen, lange Briefe schreiben
und wird in den Alleen hin und her
unruhig wandern, wenn die Blätter treiben.
Here is a translation, not a bad one by any means but obviously poems suffer in translation:
Autumn Day (English)
Lord: it is time. The summer was immense.
Lay your shadow on the sundials
and let loose the wind in the fields.
Bid the last fruits to be full;
give them another two more southerly days,
press them to ripeness, and chase
the last sweetness into the heavy wine.
Whoever has no house now will not build one anymore.
Whoever is alone now will remain so for a long time,
will stay up, read, write long letters,
and wander the avenues, up and down,
restlessly, while the leaves are blowing.
(translated by Edward Snow)
Second spring
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” – Albert Camus
Macros of Strawberry leaves in autumn.
Linked to Cee’s Midweek Madness: January Macro.
Last leaf of autumn was framed
Linked to Six Word Saturday.
Schdolz bin isch uf Schriese,
uf soin gude Woi. = I’m proud of Schriesheim and its good wine.
“Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.”
Samuel Butler, The Way of all Flesh
Linked to Travel with Intent. For more posts inspired by the quote, click here.
In limbo
To float, to fly – to fly, perchance to drop – ay, there’s the rub, for where to land and lay and whither in the bitter cold?
“Autumn leaves don’t fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.”
Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
Linked to Travel with Intent. For more photos or texts inspired by this quote from Delia Owens, click here.
Autumn, the perfect artist
Linked to Friday Fun: Beauty.
Leafy Halloween
#25 for Tourmaline’s Halloween Challenge: Leaves.
