I love autumn!

A picture of a Swedish forest adorned our living room wall many years ago. It was a riot of stately trees in red, orange and yellow. I remember staring at it from time to time when I was growing up. I would imagine Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel traipsing in. Magic! 

Then Mother took me to her friend's sister's garden wedding. Hanging purple orchids served as the I Do backdrop. The bride's family property had a brook that sang along a russet violin as it played O Perfect Love, and the lawn was carpeted with brown, crisp leaves that crackled on our heels (they were landed Filipinos). 

As far as I can figure these two things - the autumn forest and that utterly charming garden wedding influenced my fondness for autumn - a season I have never actually seen but that's so real and alive as it can be in my enchanted heart and mind.

Here are 13 autumn scenes and quotes that I immensely enjoyed putting together!

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 If the world had a front porch

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"and forget not that the Earth delights to feel your bare feet, and the winds long to play with you hair." - Kahlil Gibran

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  I Love Autumn

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Old Paths With a Twist of Time

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"Autumn, the year's last loveliest smile." - William Cullen Bryant

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 Image by Shabby Blogs

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Enchanted Nature

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"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the Earth seeking the successive autumns." - George Eliot 

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 Let's All Eat

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 "Autum is a second spring where every leaf is a flower." - Albert Camus

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Country Living Made Beautiful

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"There is something incredibly nostalgic and significant about the annual cascade of autumn leaves." ~ Joe L. Wheeler

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Country Living Made Beautiful

Linking to - Thursday Thirteen and Thursday Favorite Things