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Saturday, October 9, 2010

FALLING FOR FALL...

DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THIS PRECIOUS VICTORIAN GREETING CARD?!  I thought it was just perfect and too cute for this time of year!  Feel free to copy and paste!  Use for greeting cards or on your blog.
    Another glorious day here starting in the 50's and at present it is sunny, 80 degrees and cooling off for the evening.  The air was so fresh with all the windows open all day long.  And though I got some cleaning and laundry done, I am very lazy-ha!
  Below is one of my fall poems written for this October.
     FALLING FOR FALL
         ©Kerrie O'Hearn Marquart
Autumn sun that warms my back
Autumn scents of leaves in sacks
How I love the crispness in the air
Apple Cider, pies and Scarecrow pair~
  That greet me when I walk.

  
 Pinecones, acorns on the ground
The sounds of raking all around
Children playing in the leaves
Neighbors cleaning out the eaves
   So that fall rain can run free.

The smell of burning leaves when I was small
When curbside burning was allowed by all
I miss the pungent odors that filled the air
When neighbors tended their piles with care
    Perfuming the Autumn days.
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I love this picture card, too!  When I was a little girl, my father's sister, our Aunt Catherine, lived cross town.  Our Mother would take us to visit her in the fall and as we walked along the streets, we saw people raking and burning leaves at the curb.  I loved rustling my feet through the leaves on the walk from Maple trees.  The smell was scrumpteous!  When we arrived at Aunt "Babe's"(her nick name) she would be standing at the curb burning the leaves and leaning on the rake.  She always wore her hair like the Gibson Girls I saw in pictures, piled on her head.  She was beautiful with clear skin and she always wore a pinafore apron over her house dresses.  I love that memory....
  She also had grape vines in the back yard and would make home made jellies and jams.  Whenever she came to our house, she brought some for our family.  Because they were sealed with wax, as a child I did not like the way they looked and refused to even try them!  I would not hesitate now, what a treat they must have been!  At Christmas time she would bring Ribbon candy, cookies and other treats.  She raised her sister, our other Aunt Anne and the two of them were always a welcome sight at our house any time of year....
Here is a picture of my brother Joe and me taken in the 1940's at Owasco Lake Park in our hometown of Auburn, NY.  Note the military dress of my brother's clothes as was popular at that time. I am five years old in this picture and that would make my brother eight.  Joe went on to become a custodian of history in our town and county of Cayuga.  He was recently lauded for his historical contributions.  He is the author of O'Hearn's Histories, a monthly publication on the history of Auburn and Cayuga County.  William H Seward's home is there as well as Harriet Tubman's.  His website is http://www.ohearnshistories.com/  His publication is published there monthly also.

♥KERRIE♥
My heart to yours........

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a fun post Kerrie. I love Autumn and your poem and the memories from your childhood are precious. That's a great photo of you and your brother. Thank you for sharing with us and for giving us his link also. Have a good night.

Ginny Hartzler said...

What a wonderful picture of you and your brother!! And I love the old fashioned pictures. I well remember ribbon candy, I bet most of the younger ones haven't even heard of it! Every year our neighbor would give us a box of ribbon candy for Christmas. What vivid memories of your aunts, I see that even though you never tasted their jams and jellies, your aunts are still locked up in your heart.

RHYTHM AND RHYME said...

Wonderful post Kerrie. the pictures and poem did justice to it. It's good to visit your blog,
Thanks for sharing.

Yvonne,

Beverly said...

Kerrie, I love this post, and you must know I love your poetry.

I am looking forward to being able to purchase your published collection some day.

Covnitkepr1 said...

Still praying for Bill...and for you to have strenght and patience.