Ocupation: Author
Life: July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862
Birthday: July 12
Death: May 6
October is the month for painted leaves. Their rich glow now flashes round the world. As fruits and leaves and the day itself acquire a bright tint just before they fall, so the year near its setting. October is its sunset sky; November the later twilight.
source: Henry David Thoreau (1992). “The Essays of Henry David Thoreau”, p.178, Rowman & Littlefield
topic: Fall, Twilight, Sunset, October And Fall