"Time Flies when you're having fun." Or: "How time flies." Alexander Pope's version: "Swift fly the years."
And the originator: Tempus fugit is a Latin phrase, usually translated into English as "time flies". The expression comes from line 284 of book 3 of Virgil's Georgics, where it appears as fugit inreparabile tempus: "it escapes, irretrievable time".
I think that is September's experience. Warm days, cool days, cold nights, then warm days again. So much happens in September that we are 'overrun' with the experience. And it is an enjoyable one. Here, in Niagara and Ontario where the leaves turn colour. Perhaps less so other places, as it ranks only mid-way in the much quoted 2005 American poll.
Is it true that Albert Einstein said "Time flies when you are having fun"? Here's what one article gives as the entire quote from Einstein:
"When You’re Having Fun Time is an interesting beast, because it is relative. Put your hand on a stove and time moves slowly. Boredom draws our attention to the passage of time which gives us the feeling that it's slowing down. Watch an excellent movie with someone you love and time flies by. Ultimately it may come down to how much you believe that time flies when you're having fun. Always choose your actions wisely!!!"
I can't imagine Einstein using three exclamation marks. But there is a low chance that I can prove this as I've just gone to the wikiquote.org website to look for the quote, and there are hundreds or perhaps thousands of quotes in the article on Einstein. They list them by year, by event, by person, by disputed, by post-humous, and so on. There are many quotes because he said many interesting things.
So right now Summer and Fall sit side by side in the trees. Here is the green and red of a Sumac yesterday. And then there will be none. And we'll say: "How time flies".
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