"Nothing Gold Can Stay"

    Recently, a friend and I were working on a story together. I noticed that chapter 9 was titled "Nothing Gold can Stay". Puzzled, I read through the chapter, trying to find where she might have gotten that from (If you're like me, you always try to give chapters a title that reflects something in it). However, I couldn't find anything pertaining to gold or the banning of it, so I asked my friend about it.

As it turns out, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is a poem by Robert Frost (you know, the guy who wrote "The Road Not Taken". You know how it goes. "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood..."). I had read some of his works before, but never this one. 

  

As you can see, this poem has quite the melancholy air about it. Bereaving what can be considered to be the short lifespan of the color of gold in nature, it ultimately reflects on how often purity is tainted when it is only hours old. 

It's a beautiful poem, really. Or maybe it's just me... idk i kinda like things that are sad but also comforting. Even though this poem comes across as a lament, it just gives me a hopeful feeling--there will always be next spring. :)

Have you read any beautiful poems lately? Who is your favorite author? Have you ever heard of this poem before and are thinking, "lacy, for crying out loud get with the times. this is SO 1923"? xD 

Happy Fall!

Fall is a wonderful time. It's a time of beauty, cooler weather, Fall Festivals, and the inevitable pumpkin-spice-everything. Speaking of! I heard that they've invented pumpkin spice baloney!!! GROSS! I mean, come on! What next? Stick with the pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice lattes and all that! Just--BALONEY??? No. Just no. Don't.

BUT I have to stay on track. This post isn't just going to be a rant about all the disgusting pumpkin spice oddities people come up with, I promise.

Ah, fall beauty. Em...what am I talking about. Down here in the South we don't really have all of the beautiful (and typical) yellow, red, and orange leaves that the North does. We just get piles and piles of dead brown leaves, and not even in the trees. They're all over the yard. But! We can always search the internet and look at photos of fall color to our hearts' content! :D

       

...see? :D

 Fall is my favorite time of year, mainly because of Fall Festivals, and partly because it's the time of year that we southerners get anything resembling cooler weather. :P  I love decorating the house for Fall (although we rarely do that). In fact, if I didn't have anything else to do (and if there weren't littles in the house who are perpetually in danger of damaging decor and themselves), I would love to sit down and start crafting up things like these:

 ...This for the front porch...

 ...this on the door...

 ...this in the dining room...

...and so on. I love fall decor! It just feels so home-y and welcoming and warm. :-)

And the Scentsys, too!!! I LOOOOVE lighting up those wonderful fall smells! It's been a while since we've had anything other than "peach passion" in ours, but ohmigosh, going to Wal-Mart and smelling those shelves and SHELVES of "pumpkin spice" (duh), "brown sugar", "caramel cream" and so on and so forth, is just HEAVEN!

Another thing I love about fall is standing outside and just feeling the fall wind. Speaking of the wind...is it just me or does the wind in fall smell different? I don't think it's just me. The fall wind just makes one feel so much more Elven. It's a wonderful feeling. Plus it's easier to imagine that you're starring in a Lord of The Rings-related movie when you stand outside in a cool wind. :D

And how could I finish without a word about fall OUTFITS! Boots and sweaters and scarves and warm colors and OH I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL IT GETS COOL ENOUGH TO WEAR THAT STUFF! ...I love my boots :D

What's your favorite thing about Fall? Is Fall your favorite time of year? What are some memorable things about Fall to you?