How interesting. Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor of The Independent, wrote an evocative piece about Autumn -
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/autumn-sad-season-of-sensations-2126714.html
but much as I admire his descriptive powers and recognise his "sights,sounds and smells of fall" I couldn`t disagree more with his conclusion that its attraction is the melancholy mood it invokes.
Melancholy? It couldn`t have been less so this afternoon as dog and I spent a good hour and a half in the woods on the most glorious sharp autumn afternoon.
The whole point surely is that it`s all about regeneration: shutting up shop and waiting out the winter until it`s time to start again. (And, incidentally, see Frankiesoup`s post for Nov. 3rd...great minds).
Or it could simply be that Mr. McCarthy is a melancholy soul and autumn reminds me of pristine unsullied exercise books,fresh beginnings and endless possibilities.
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