Friday, September 23, 2011

Happy First Day of Autumn!



The one red leaf, the last of its clan,
That dances as often as dance it can,
Hanging so light, and hanging so high,
On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Thomas Cole

Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Morning Mist Rising, Plymouth, New Hampshire (A View in the United States of America in Autumn)
Oil on canvas
c1830
55.88 x 38.1 cm
(22" x 15")
Private collection

Today is the first day of autumn -
a glorious season here in New Hampshire.

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