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Autumnus*

*Autumnus

Latin word for autumn which comes from the Old French automne. During the 17th century immigration to the English colonies in North America was at its peak and the new settlers took their language with them. While the term Fall gradually obsolesced in Britain, it became the preferred term in North America, at least in conversation. (ref: wikipedia)

 

Maple Sugar Shack, St-Édouard-de-Maskinongé, Québec. Canada (2005 archives)

 

PixQuote:

"There is a harmony in autumn, and a lustre in its sky."

(Percy Bysshe Shelley)

 

 

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Uploaded on October 5, 2006
Taken on October 21, 2005