“It is a sad moment when the first phlox appears.
It is the amber light indicating the end of the great
burst of early summer and suggesting that we must
now start looking forward to autumn.
Not that I have any objection to autumn as a season,
full of its own beauty; but I just cannot bear to see
another summer go, and I recoil from what the first hint
of autumn means.” - Vita Sackville-West
