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Autumn
(French), or also known as fall (British), is the time of
year that falls between summer and winter. Once known as
harvest, it was a busy time of year in the colonies. In the
17th and 18th centuries, dictionaries by both Thomas Blout
and Samuel Johnson noted that fall began in August and ended
in November while others contested that it began in
September (at the equinox) and ended in December (with the
solstice).
Whatever
timing you choose to believe, I look at it as the time of
year that has an elevated energy; a time of reaping in the
harvest, preparing for winter and the holidays and seeing
the shift from the balmy days of summer slip into the cooler
days of fall. I love this time of year!
I had the good fortune to be in
New Hampshire during the turning of the leaves. One
afternoon, I stood outside on the deck of a friend's house,
watching the leaves twist in the wind. Leaves of gold, red,
brown with slight tinges of green fluttered wildly as the
storm was rolling in. It was like a well-orchestrated dance.
It seemed like I was witnessing a private performance! Even
the name of this design
came to me while watching the leaves twirl around and litter
the yard. I felt recharged, refreshed and ready to take on
the world!
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