It’s lovely and mild here in Paris. A bit rainy, but, with the rain, warmer temps. It’s so nice, not being cold. Not wearing a scarf all day. But the best part is leaving work in the evening, and getting that delicious, unmistakable smell of fall. It’s like trick-or-treating in Connecticut. Like the field hockey season. Having that certainty that everything is about to change, leaving you feeling a little melancholic but in a bittersweet and hopeful way.
Autumn ( just about anywhere) is my favorite season... and always too short. For all the reasons you mention .. plus some .
ReplyDeleteWe had a taste of summer today and that was especially nice for a first day out for the invalid :)
Have an apple tart tatin for me .. you know, fall/apple picking in Upstate NY etc
hasnt this week been lovely? I wish it would stay like this just a little while longer...
ReplyDeleteI love your description of fall and change being melancholy in a bittersweet and hopeful way.
ReplyDeleteWhoa! These leaves are gorgeous, it's amazing what nature makes :)
ReplyDeleteAh shades of Gerard Manley Hopkins'
ReplyDeleteSpring and Fall
Margaret, are you grieving
Over Goldengrove unleaving?
bla bla bla
A lovely Fall poem...
"Moulin Rouge Show"
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go to this if you get a chance! i just went recently, it was incredible, and cheap!
That's one BIG leaf!
ReplyDeleteAnd I love the four seasons - living in Pennsylvania, it's something I can totally appreciate and relate to as you write about Autumn in Paris.
Everyone waxes poetic about Spring in Paris. Fall is something to revel in there, too. Enjoy! As I will be doing here in PA. It is raining tonight...