It’s late October. We’re past the blue and gold, and into the fallen, fading autumn leaves of ocher, beige, dull red and brown. They’re EVERYWHERE!
On the patio:
Sitting on the chairs:
It’s clearly time to wrap up outdoor living for the winter, so we took advantage of hale and hearty visitors to do so. Now we’re prepared, until springtime comes around again:
A melancholy sight!
To solace ourselves — music. Sweet, melancholy music, the strains of Autumn Leaves, originally written as Les Feuilles Mortes by French surrealist poet Jacques Prévert. There are about as many versions of this ballad available on Youtube as there are fallen leaves on our porch. There’s Natalie Cole’s and Frank Sinatra’s and Barbra Streisand’s sophisticated rendition. There’s Edith Piaf, singing in French, with her tremolo working overtime, and the incredible French version by Yves Montand. Nobody could hold a cigarette — or a note — like he could. But I’ve chosen for you my very most favorite version. Snuggle down in a comfortable chair and let the inimitable Nat King Cole break your heart a little bit:
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We are in the same leaf pile here! I just finished posting about our train trip through the Adirondacks on the Saratoga North Creek Railway and all the leaves……….Autumn is with us. Of course here in the land of Oz we do not take part in such seasons……..ha!
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Looking forward to reading that post, Tin Man!
Am sending you Something of Interest under separate email —
😉
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Oh my, my, my how we enjoyed seeing the Tin Man living in your neighborhood! You must take us by to see him when we return to New England, we promise to stop next time……if we are still welcome!
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You will indeed be welcome any time — but we’re of an age where you’d better not wait too long!
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ah Yves Montand, Edith Piaf – the music of my childhood. Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole – so many memories. Music – blesses us like nothing else. thank you for this, fallen leaves bring a soft sadness and that’s okay.
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“Soft sadness” —- that’s it exactly!
(The music of my childhood, as well.)
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This felt good. Thanks.
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Such a great song!
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Those leaves are like a huge vitamin boost for the earth before the hard cold winter hits! Did you take the photos attached to the music Judith? They are beautiful.
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What a wonderful analogy! I’ll never look at the leaves the same way again.
No, I didn’t take those photos, although they are quintessentially New England. They’re so beautiful, it’s one of the things (besides the velvet voice) that swayed me to the Nat King Cole version.
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Oh the memories that song evoked! «Soft sadness» was well expressed.
Most of our leaves are gone now … the wind, the rain! A system moved in and parked itself here.
Loved the photos!
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The leaves were really beautiful here this year. I’m glad I paid attention to them before they were gone.
I think we’re subject to a lot of the same thuggish weather systems, R!
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Nature’s confetti for pretty and natural compost for practical!
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Two metaphors — both great!
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lots of fallen (and falling) leaves here too. however i always take comfort in the fact that for every leaf that has fallen, another of next year’s buds is exposed. spring will not be stopped! 🙂
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What a lovely thought/phrase —
“Spring will not be stopped.”
Thank you!
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Looks like fall’s fell!
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Kind of the opposite of Spring has sprung!
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🙂
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My yard looks very similar here in New Hampshire…lots of raking and mulching before the snow comes.
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Hope it’s not this weekend — for you or for us!
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Right now it sounds like it might miss us. Remember three years ago when we had all the snow on Halloween…too much and too early as far as I was concerned.
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Oh, that Hallowe’en blizzard! Our little community lost all the lovely trees running down the entrance road because it was so early and they were in full leaf, and the weight of the snow just brought them all down.
Too much,too early. Yes, indeed!
😦
Here’s hoping the storm misses all of us!
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Perhaps the winter will be kind to us this year. Cold enough for happy inside days, but not so stormy that we cannot make our way out of doors if we so choose? One can only hope. Meanwhile, there is always Nat.
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Took me a minute; I call him King myself.
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I love the sense of death and rebirth epitomitomised by fallen leaves. Great choice of music…I quite like Andy Williams with Jose Feliciano on this one. Eric Clapton’s version is good too! 🙂
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I think the song is so good every version is a winner!
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