Fall quotes are always in season, especially when observing changing scenery. That’s why I compiled a list of my 25 favorite passages that you can use with your Fall social media photo posts.
I love how October includes bold colors and wardrobe changes along with its subtle signs of a steaming hot drink or the smell of something baking in the oven.
How do we celebrate the deliciousness of Autumn? For starters, there are edible pumpkin-spiced everything to pumpkin patches (recommendations for the Washington, D.C. area coming soon).
For now, here are my recommendations for the best photo spots to tour in the Washington, D.C. area.
The underfoot crunching of a leaf-strewn path provides a seasonal soundtrack, my steps keeping the beat. That’s what motivated me to share 25 quotes celebrating this time of the year.
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Let’s get started with the first quote:
Steer me to an autumn path to travel all alone. Fall leaves the finest company; rustling in my heart like home. Autumn whispered to the wind, ‘I fall; but always rise again.’
~ Angie Weiland-Crosby
Color Me October
My favorite color is October. The swirl of golds and reds delights me. To me, they are one hue. What about you? Tell us your favorite seasonal shade.
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.
~ Stanley Horowitz
Autumn paints emotion like no other season. ~ unknown
Autumn colors my soul in the loveliest shades. ~ unknown
The Fall season dresses up in gold, the richest season of the soul.
~ Angie Weiland-Crosby
Summer said in shades of blue, ‘Let me be young a few days more.’ ‘Walk forward,’ Autumn whispered. ‘There’s a colorful horizon to explore.’ ~ unknown
Leaf Whisperers & Dancers
It’s funny how, and why, Fall is so popular. I don’t think I have ever heard a negative word about it. I think it’s because the season engages all the senses in a pleasurable way.
“Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead has never watched them dancing on a windy day.”
~ Shira Tamir
Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree. ~ Emily Brontë
Autumn whispered to the wind, ‘I fall; but always rise again.’ ~ Angie Weiland-Crosby
Autumn flew with fire and sun until her last breath was said and done. ~ Angie Weiland-Crosby
Twirl me into Autumn’s wind, as leaves fly dressed in precious gems. ~ Angie Weiland-Crosby
As I travel, an Autumn wanderer, my heart flutters in leaves of gold. ~ Angie Weiland-Crosby
I can smell Autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill of pumpkin and crisp sunburnt leaves.
~ Unknown
Autumn. Time to dim the sunlight, cue the moody fog, and watch nature’s most charming story unfold.
~ Angie Weiland-Crosby
Autumn: The Seasonal Timekeeper
Mother Nature’s wristwatch. That’s one way I imagine Fall, with the angle of the sun serving as the hour and minute hands. Time to harvest the fruits of a year’s labor and settle into the sleep of Winter.
Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the Fall. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
A friend you are, sweet Autumn day; to never falter, in my soul you stay. ~ unknown
And all at once, Summer collapsed into Fall… ~ Oscar Wilde
Autumn arose and my spirit bloomed. ~ Angie Weiland-Crosby
Believe in your Fall. It’s paving a new way for your climb. ~ Angie Weiland-Crosby
Leaves are falling. Autumn is calling. ~ Unknown
Reaping What Was Sown
To me, this time seems like the New Year. Beginning anew, we put away the warmer months, readying for the fresh start waiting around the corner from us.
Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.
~ Samuel Butler
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own. ~ Charles Dickens
When Autumn’s work is nearly done, charmed trees fall asleep; Old Man Winter comes. ~ unknown
I hope you’ll be able to enjoy the bounty of Fall
I hope you’ll enjoy the bounty of Fall — photography, a nature walk, time with loved ones, and some solitude. Regeneration and renewal are sure to follow.
And we fall, one by one; but together we sure danced with the sun. ~ Angie Weiland-Crosby
For the last quote, I’d like to offer a piece of advice:
“Make sure to enjoy the autumnal sunshine that nature has been saving up all year for the grand finale.” ~ Ann Tran
Here’s When Fall Foliage Will Peak Around the DMV
Staunton: October 12
Luray: October 12
Winchester: October 12
Rappahannock County: October 19
Mount Vernon: October 19
Charlottesville: October 19.
Shenandoah National Park: October 19.
Old Rag Mountain: October 19
Harper’s Ferry: October 26
Great Falls Park: October 26
Frederick: October 26
DC Arboretum: October 26.
Rock Creek Park: October 26.
Their sliding peak foliage tracker predicts when the leaves will be their most colorful in any given area.