Photo by Elizabeth Halt
Photo by Elizabeth Halt

my soul is wedded to autumn

October 25, 2015

elizabethhalt.com | my soul is wedded to autumn

it is so beautiful in the woods right now that all i can say is “look! look! look!!!”

fortunately, there are people who can express themselves much better than i can.

“Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love – that makes life and nature harmonise. The birds are consulting about their migrations, the trees are putting on the hectic or the pallid hues of decay, and begin to strew the ground, that one’s very footsteps may not disturb the repose of earth and air, while they give us a scent that is a perfect anodyne to the restless spirit. Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”

~ George Eliot, Letters to Miss Eliot

“my very soul is wedded to [autumn]”. is that not the most delightful sentiment? i echo it wholeheartedly.

2 comments... (add a comment)

  1. i’m enjoying autumn through the web this year…
    in posts like yours and others who love it too… as much as i do!
    our leaves are still only green and brown.
    and yes.
    i too love that sentiment…
    “i’m wedded to it.” how beautiful! XOXO♥

    • elizabeth

      I’m glad you’re experiencing it in one way, at least! Though I will keep my fingers crossed that you get to see a bit of it in person.

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