Sunday Quote

"Delicious autumn!  My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking successive autumns." 

-- George Eliot

Comments

[Odette]

I completely feel that way.
It also made me laugh, though, because it reminds me of this wonderful old Lake Wobegon clip about the "Arboreal Devotees Association":
(Segment 4)
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2008/10/11/

We're having an exceptionally lovely Autumn here in GA this year. Usually GA Autumns are gothic & dreary & wet (which I kind of love) but this year we're getting spectacular bright foliage that could almost match a New England Autumn.

[Karen]

Hi Odette: "Arboreal Devotees Association," huh? I think that's what New Englanders call "leaf peepers." LOL! Glad you're enjoying the Fall colors this year...

[Kerry]

All of the maple trees by our house are blazing red - I'm loving these weeks.

[Karen]

Hi Kerry: How lucky to have maples in your neighborhood. I always think they have THE best color. Thanks for stopping by!

[Odette]

Leaf peepers! LOL
(The designation fits me, but I still think it's very funny.)

[Karen]

Hi Odette: Yes, growing up in the Adirondacks as I did, this was the name given to the people who came by the busload to look at the foliage every year. They were always welcomed, of course, but it seemed mighty strange to the locals that these city folk in their faux country clothing would PAY to see trees (trees!). Of course, now that I am a city dweller myself these last 25+ years, I have a greater understanding . . . LOL!

[Odette]

Hi, Karen. I grew up in NYC and the folks in GA look a little bemused when I go on & on about the beauty of landscapes made of, basically, trees & weeds. I just can't get enough of the wildness here & have to admit that Central Park's going to look a little lame by comparison (much as I love CP).

[Karen]

Hi Odette: LOL! Yeah, I now understand it from both sides, too. I suppose it's no different when visitors to NY gaze up at the skyscrapers to which we've all become innured. Sometimes it takes an outsider to make you appreciate the wonders in your own "backyard."