Autumn Breeze

Ahh what a glorious refreshing lunch break I had today. Though it did not feel like the first day of fall - it is too hot to call today a truly fall'ish' day - I enjoyed a breeze that the spirit of fall was riding on. What else would I do other than read Anne of the Island on such a day as the first day of Fall? I knew I made the right decision to download the book to my phone when I read the 1st chapter which starts with this quote...

But everything in the landscape around them spoke of autumn. The sea was roaring hollowly in the distance, the fields were bare and sere, scarfed with golden rod, the brook valley below Green Gables overflowed with asters of ethereal purple, and the Lake of Shining Waters was blue -- blue -- blue; not the changeful blue of spring, nor the pale azure of summer, but a clear, steadfast, serene blue, as if the water were past all moods and tenses of emotion and had settled down to a tranquility unbroken by fickle dreams.

How very perfect for a day such as today - yes, the Lynchburg landscape is not speaking of autumn quite yet but my spirit is ready for it. Ready for the clear blue skies, bright fire colored trees, and the crisp air - once the weather is here I will truly be able to appreciate and savor a Pumpkin Spice Latte.

It's amazing how my spirits can be lifted by reading a little bit of Anne - it's like coming home.

"I wonder if it will be - can be - any more beautiful that this." murmured Anne, looking around her with the loving, enraptured eyes of those to whom "home" must always be the loveliest spot in the world, no matter what fairer lands may lie under alien stars.

I don't believe there will ever be a book that makes me feel more 'at home' that Anne.