Fall Equinox

Tomorrow is the Fall Equinox and I thought I would share a couple of poems I discovered years ago that, I feel, capture the essense of autumn:

Tears, idle tears, I know not
what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some
divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather
to the eyes,
In looking on the happy
Autumn-fields,
And thinking of the days that
are no more.
-Alfred, Lord Tennyson


The day becomes more solemn
and serene
When noon is past - there is
a harmony
In autumn, and a lustre in
its sky
Which through the summer
is not heard or seen
As if it could not be, as if it
had not been!
-Percy Bysshe Shelley

I learned from WeatherBug that meterologists consider September 1st to be the start of fall, so I guess I'm not so early after all.

And on a somewhat related note (speaking of seasons), I think that I am going to declare our beach season closed. We went yesterday for playgroup and, though sunny, it was a bit too chilly for me. The boys had a great time though, and I think it was a fine day to end our long Summer at the Beach with. I'm leaving open the possibility to go again if we have another warm spell, but I'm not holding my breath -- today is overcast and downright blustery.