Autumn or Fall?

 Autumn or Fall, which word do you use to describe this time of transition from the heat of summer to the cold of winter?

The description from the dictionary says, "Autumn and fall are used interchangeably as words for the season between summer and winter. Both are used in American and British English, but fall occurs more often in American English. Autumn is considered the more formal name for the season."

I allowed many of the pictures to be dark just because this just feels like the season of dark.

Yesterday my "live-in gardener" and I enjoyed a drive in the country. We picked a small logging town not far from Portland. A place we had not explored before. The colors of the season were all about us.

 Doesn't Main Street just look like so many small towns in America?

This is Vernonia, Oregon, USA

Emily Brontë

Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;
Lengthen night and shorten day;
Every leaf speaks bliss to me
Fluttering from the autumn tree.
I shall smile when wreaths of snow
Blossom where the rose should grow;
I shall sing when night’s decay
Ushers in a drearier day.

There is a beautiful 21 mile hiking/biking trail which we walked for a little while. We both agreed to return on a warmer day in spring time. There was no one around and the colors were beautiful.

We even found this apple/blueberry farm. In the background you can see the blueberry leaves turning red.

An old railroad that goes nowhere, as the tracks had been removed across the road. Yet, It was fun to see and imagine a time in the past when trains traveled this way carrying the logs.

It just felt like we were entering a portal of colors and stepping into another realm.

Enjoy the beauty of Autumn/Fall around you, wherever you are. Savor the day and get out and explore.

Happy weekend, dear friends!