signs of change are all around us.
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“the crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last forever.
even on the most beautiful days in the whole year –
the days when summer is changing into autumn –
the crickets spread the rumor of sadness and change.”
– E.B. White
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Luckily, there is beauty to be found in every season. Just not ready to give up summer quite yet. Wonderful post!
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I understand the push/pull here. I love summer for many reasons, but autumn has my heart
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Same.
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Ganas de que llegue el otoño.
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❤
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Wonderful thoughts, I welcome the seasonal change.
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I do too, my favorite season is almost here
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I must not be in tune. I don’t hear the sadness. Just the chatter of the crickets as they chirp to one another.
As for fall…..I know where your heart stands on fall as well! I’m ready!
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maybe it’s not their favorite time, but yes indeed, it is for us )
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I’d rather have fall/ autumn than summer. Perhaps crickets 🦗 feel otherwise.
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autumn is my favorite time
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Mine too as it marks the end of long summer for us.
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yes –
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💖
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It’s here, Beth, and we are ready?
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it’s always a bit of a balancing act –
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Going to miss a lot of the wonderful things of summer, but really looking forwards to autumn!
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I feel exactly the same
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The sights and smells of autumn are the most glorious of the seasons, in my opinion. Getting older, and much more appreciate the earths needing to settle in after last display of delight during that time we call autumn. Time has taught us that each season is only temporary and is necessary in order to give us the wonders that mother nature has for us.
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Oh I love this, Beth. Fall always marks a lot of changes.
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it does, in so many ways
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Do you happen to know what kind of leaf it is?
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I found it in my front yard, and doesn’t match any of the trees there, but looks like it might be from a chokeberry shrub in the side yard, the leaves turn red in the fall. do you have a way of positively identifying it?
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Many people use PictureThis™ and iNaturalist™ to identify plants. I’ve never tried either one, but you could give it a shot. Just make sure that any plant the programs suggest actually grow in your area.
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thanks, I’ll check it out.
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And so it begins…
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here it comes…
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Yep. Alder and maple leaves are beginning to fall. We’re driving to Portland today, through the Coast Range and are hoping for some color, but it’s a bit early for that.
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it’s so interesting even within a state, the colors and their schedules
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Looks like we’re having similar thoughts, Beth. I love fall!
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here’s to the calming and cooling
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I really love this. ❤ The crickets are right.
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so right –
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I’ve never considered crickets from that perspective, but it seems spot on. Trees are changing color here in southern Minnesota.
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it really does, and I love the colors of autumn. ours may be a few weeks late due to warm weather. you never know what Mother Nature has up her sleeve )
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And they are LOUD! There are little signs here and there of the colours changing…
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YES!
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🦗🦗🔊🔊
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Dear Mr. White, Usually I love your words but this time? I don’t see the sadness, at most, a melancholy beauty. Your friend, Martha
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I think the crickets may have a different perspective –
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Definitely.
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I love E.B. White. I also love Fall because it means our desert heat is on the way out.
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me too, and i can imagine you would especially love the season based on where you live
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👍🏼
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A beautiful quote, Beth. I hadn’t heard this one before and it seems melancholy for White. But autumn for all its glory is a time of summer’s parting. Thanks for sharing!
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yes, seasonal changes are always a bit bittersweet –
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Beth Yes ..I see so many red yellow and orange leaves on my garden.
-Anita
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it’s exciting!
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Same.
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❤
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This is the most wonderful time of the year.
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my favorite time, too
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I don’t associate sadness with change, though it certainly can be.
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I don’t either, but maybe a bit bittersweet, even while knowing something good is coming. the crickets seem to feel differently
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Indeed, the crickets do. While I love summer, I also love autumn. It’s a magical time of year.
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I love the sound of crickets, and I think of them more as a sound of summer, than fall..
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it seems they may be wary of the coming season…
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so am I 🙂
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who knew you and the crickets had so much in common?
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just like Buddy Holly…
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Once you accept Fall, next thing you know you will be stuck with Winter.
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It’s a gateway season for sure
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My goodness, how perfect. And of course I’m reading Charlotte’s Web to the children.
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Yay!
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😀
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