“Autumn is a season followed immediately by looking forward to spring” is a seasonal saying that has been printed on many images. “Autumn is a season followed directly by four months of looking forward to spring” was written by American newspaper columnist Doug Larson (1926-2017) in his column in the Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette on October 15, 1990.
 
“Autumn is a season followed immediately by looking forward to spring” was printed in Larson’s column in the Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette on March 23, 1992.
   
   
Wikipedia: Doug Larson
Doug Larson (February 10, 1926 to April 1, 2017) was a columnist and editor for the Door County Advocate (1953–1964) and wrote a daily column, “Doug’s Dugout,” for the Green Bay Press-Gazette (1964–1988), both Wisconsin-based newspapers. The column was originally syndicated through United Media under the title “Senator Soaper Says”; Larson took over authorship in 1980. Previously, it had been written by Bill Vaughn of the Kansas City Star. Larson was born in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
       
15 October 1990, Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette, Doug Larson column, pg. A-5, col. 1:
Autumn is a season followed directly by four months of looking forward to spring.
 
23 March 1992, Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette, Doug Larson column, pg. A-5, cols. 1-2:
Autumn is a season followed immediately by looking forward to spring.
       
17 October 1993, The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA), “Exploring the Mountain” with Dianne Deming, pg. 4B, col. 2:
“Autumn is a season followed immediately by looking forward to spring.”
 
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Reader’s Digest Quotable Quotes:
Wit and wisdom for all occasions from America’s most popular magazine
By Reader’s Digest Association.
Pleasantville, NY: Reader’s Digest
1997
Pg. 176:
Autumn is a season followed immediately by looking forward to spring. — DOUG LARSON
 
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Cryptograms on the Flip Side
By Leslie Billig and Shawn Kennedy
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
2007
Pg. 76:
Autumn is a season followed immediately by looking forward to spring. —Doug Larson
 
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Carol Cox
@AuthorCarolCox
Autumn is a season followed immediately by looking forward to spring. ~Doug Larson
10:01 AM - 21 Sep 2009
 
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Our Changing Lives
@ourboomerblog
“Autumn is a season followed immediately by waiting for Spring.”
It looks like our Fall was pretty short this year and we are marching quickly toward Winter. Would it be too much to ask that we just get snow on Christmas Eve?
#OurChangingLives #winterwoes #wintertime #bundleup
10:17 AM - 13 Nov 2018
 
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Faith Bilyeu
@FaithBilyeu
Autumn is a season that is followed immediately by looking forward to spring.😅#sweetchaiphotography https://ift.tt/2PbS2kM
11:09 PM - 30 Nov 2018