An Autumn Day

"The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes,
and surely it is in the everyday things around us that
the beauty of life lies."
-Laura Ingalls Wilder

Maple Leaf Crow

A painting by Teresa Silvestri

I strolled down a woodland path-

A crow cawed loudly and flew away.

The sky was blue and the clouds were gold

And drifted before me fold on fold;

The leaves were yellow and red and brown

And patter, patter the nuts fell down,

On this beautiful, golden autumn day.

A squirrel was storing his winter hoard,

A Walk Through Indian Summer
A painting by Elizabeth Crabtree

The world was pleasant: I lingered long,

The brown quails rose with a sudden whir

And a little bundle of eyes and fur,

Took shape of a rabbit and leaped away.

A little chipmunk came out to play

And the autumn breeze sang a wonder song.

Autumn in the Ozarks
Rodgersville, Missouri

"An Autumn Day"

 a poem by Laura Ingalls Wilder

 taken from the book,

Little House In The Ozarks

A Laura Ingalls Wilder Sampler

The Rediscovered Writings

 By Laura Ingalls Wilder

Edited by Stephen Hines

(1991 Guidepost Edition)