[10/07, Mon.] Autumn’s Here!

[Sally7]

Autumn’s Here! 

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
- from Anne of Green Gables, written by L.M. Montgomery (1874-1942), the Canadian author of the series of Anne of Green Gables.

Golden Sunshine

Falling temperatures remind us of how fiercely hot and miserably humid were the summer days. And trembling cosmos flowers signify that the glorious summer has already made way for the harvest season. The powerful smells of ripening paddy-fields and grapes on the vines force us to prepare for bountiful harvests.

Deciduous trees shed their leaves, after they turn red and gold, to show off all their majestic beauty. They are now ready to conserve energy for the winter. To top it off, fallen leaves create idyllic and bucolic scenery, while making up an important part of the soil’s horizon. The golden autumn sun blazes down yet again on fields and orchards, letting persimmons and chestnuts ripen on their trees, as if the summer sun didn’t fully perform its duties.

At night, the moon looks fuller than in summer. You can now see stars clearly in the night sky that you failed to notice before. When crickets begin to chirp to announce the change of the seasons, more and more people are wide awake, thinking of how to make the most of cool nights.

Autumn Blessings

When autumn comes, people suddenly become busy planning hiking trips to mountains to enjoy the autumn foliage. Most of them also feel compelled to do something valuable like reading books or participating in various kinds of events that they postponed when the days were hot.

With the blessings of the weather, many organizations, including schools, host athletic meets or picnics. Most conspicuously, many energetic men and women have waited for the summer to go, so that they can run marathons in cool weather. It is quite a spectacle to watch about 20,000 pro and amateur runners hit the road in each major marathon in late October or in early November, isn’t it?

With its cool climate and abundance, this season allows people to do whatever they like to do without worrying about almost any worldly cares. Unlike the other seasons, autumn is special in that it makes people itch to write poems in one way or another. Real poets have naturally written many poems dedicated to autumn.

“The trees are in their autumn beauty, / The woodland paths are dry, / Under the October twilight the water / Mirrors a still sky; ...” - The Wild Swans at Coole by Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865-1939).

“Lord: It is time. The grand summer has gone by. / Now cast your shadow on the sundials, / And let the wind go free on the meadows…..” - Autumn Day by Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926).

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[bebear]

저녁 약속이 있어 참석 못하네요~ have good one!

[ashely ko]

i cann't attend today. see you tomorrow.

[annie1]

I can't join today and tomorrow. see you on Thursday.