September Views

How many of you had to memorize this in school?

September

THE golden-rod is yellow;
The corn is turning brown;
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.

The gentian's bluest fringes
Are curling in the sun;
In dusty pods the milkweed
Its hidden silk has spun.

The sedges flaunt their harvest,
In every meadow nook;
And asters by the brook-side
Make asters in the brook.

From dewey lanes at morning
The grapes' sweet odors rise;
At noon the roads all flutter
With yellow butterflies.

By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer's best of weather,
And autumn's best of cheer.

But none of all this beauty
Which floods the earth and air
Is unto me the secret
Which makes September fair.

'T is a thing which I remember;
To name it thrills me yet:
One day of one September
I never can forget.

Helen Hunt Jackson

I only have 3 family birthdays on record for September. Note that I don't have a record of everyone's birthday. September 4th is the birthday of my great-niece Kathryn. She is not sure of the exact date of her birthday, since she was abandoned as an infant (adopted by my nephew at age 4), but it was near enough to September 4. Kathryn will be 24. September 26 is my grandson Christopher's birthday. He will be 27. The 27th is the birthday of my sister-in-law, Pat Harriff.