Photos & Quotes for September 2024

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It's not quite September, but I'm anxious for Fall to begin. To the best of my memory, the previous spring and summer were the warmest months Florida has ever experienced.

I'm ready for cooler weather, pumpkin everything, and the coziness of early sunset evenings.

 I know I have a while to wait, but these photos and quotes might help me pretend to be bundling in front of a warm fire, even if it is still in the 90s outside. 

So turn down the air conditioning, grab a blanket along with your favorite flavored coffee, hot tea, or cocoa with marshmallows, and enjoy! 

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Autumn leaves don't fall; they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.

   —Delia Owens, *Where the Crawdads Sing*

My granddaughters are waiting for me to walk the “jungle trail” back home 

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“That old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air … Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year’s mistakes had been wiped clean by summer.”

 – Wallace Stegner, *Angle of Repose*

Playing kickball at the park 

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Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand, and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. 

   —Edith Sitwell

My Granddaughter visiting Santa in a Winter Wonderland at the Mall

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“I prefer winter and fall when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn’t show.” — Andrew Wyeth

A December day at my favorite beach 

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“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers."

   —L.M. Montgomery, *Anne of Green Gables*

At the pumpkin patch 

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“When life gives you rainy days, wear cute boots and jump in the puddles.”  –Unknown

Wooden birds on my windowsill on a cold, rainy day 

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Thanks for reading!

Keep smiling!

xx