Residual Thoughts

“…there is a clarity about September..."

9/18/2021

"Idle September St. Croix River Afternoons" (Image Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

“…there is a clarity about September. On clear days, the sun seems brighter, the sky more blue, the white clouds take on marvelous shapes; the moon is a wonderful apparition, rising gold, cooling to silver; and the stars are so big. The September storms… are exhilarating…”
~ Faith Baldwin

“Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go.” ~Anonymous

9/17/2021

"September Leaves" (Image Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

"And I find / that I'm smiling gently as I near September / the warm September of my years." ~James Van Heusen

9/16/2021

"September's Garden" (Image Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

“O sweet September, thy first breezes bring The dry leaf’s rustle and the squirrel’s laughter, The cool fresh air whence health and vigor spring And the promise of exceeding joy hereafter.” ~George Arnold

9/15/2021

"Welcome to my September Garden" (Image Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

"That old September feeling..."

9/14/2021

"September Afternoon Nap" (Image Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

"That old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air ... Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year's mistakes had been wiped clean by summer."

~Wallace Stegner

“Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.” ~Lauren DeStefano

9/13/2021

"September & Rhododendrons" (Image Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

"The days may not be so bright and balmy—yet the quiet and melancholy that linger around them is fraught with glory." ~Northern Advocate

9/12/2021

"A September Sunday Afternoon in NW Wisconsin" (Image Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

"The days may not be so bright and balmy—yet the quiet and melancholy that linger around them is fraught with glory. Over everything connected with autumn there lingers some golden spell—some unseen influence that penetrates the soul with its mysterious power." ~Northern Advocate

"The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society." ~Joe Biden

9/11/2021

"Sunny September Afternoons" (Image Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

"But when fall comes..."

9/10/2021

"Sky of Gold" (Image Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)

"But when fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend that you have missed. It settles in the way an old friend will settle into your favorite chair and take out his pipe and light it and then fill the afternoon with stories of places he has been and things he has done since last he saw you."

~Stephen King

“The windows are open, admitting the September breeze: a month that smells like notepaper and pencil shavings, autumn leaves and car oil. A month that smells like progress, like moving on.” ~Lauren Oliver

9/9/2021

"On the Way to Rockaway Beach" (Image Courtesy of Wylddane Productions, LLC)