No spring nor summer’s beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one Autumnal face....
~John Donne, "Elegy IX: The Autumnal"
 

My it's been a long time ....so much going on....both good and bad...but Fall is here, almost winter...I just love this time of year...the smells, the beauty, the changing of the leaves...that crisp bite in the air......fresh apples and holidays....

The bright summer had passed away, and gorgeous autumn was flinging its rainbow-tints of beauty on hill and dale. ~Cornelia L. Tuthill, "Virginia Dare: Or, the Colony of Roanoke," 1840
 

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

..and hot cider...yum.........*