Today, Google celebrates the first day of autumn (the autumn equinox) with a Google Doodle.
The animated Doodle shows the progression of the trees displaying the colours characteristic of a northern autumn
to bare limbs that indicate the coming of winter:
Then, as Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792 – 1822,
whose literary career was marked with controversy due to his views on religion, atheism, socialism, and free love,
says,
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
If?
Winter is coming.
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
We live in Canada, so the answer is a clear and resounding…maybe.
Bryan