“It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day; the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always associate with the idea of abundance. The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet.”

—the legend of sleepy hollow by washington irving 

Apparently, I must read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. With that kind of imagery, how could one resist? Now I’m all sorts of excited for autumn - practically effervescent!

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