Falling into Autumn
Is it my imagination or is this season much, much too short? I love autumn. It is my favorite time of the year with its crisp weather, colorful leaves, apple cider and winter squash harvest.
But the autumns of my youth seemed to stretch out forever and ever while the most recent autumns in my memory are over too quickly. They last three, four, five weekends and then everything is grey.
Last week, I strolled more slowly to the coffeehouse than I usually do, the place where I do most of my online work. I had my camera with me and snapped a few pictures so that I can remember this season before it vanishes.
Poor pumpkin with the squished face. But this yellow screen door always makes me smile when I pass by it.
I wish I had more time to spend on our landscaping. Ah well, all in due time. In the meantime, I admire my neighbors' lovely plots.
I'm marveling at this acrobatic squirrel scrambling across a brick wall. Even our windowboxes aren't safe, I suppose.
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Comments
before we left for Florida, our burning bushes, weeping cherry, dogwood and japanese maple were showing lovely color...came back to not a leaf on any tree. So sad.
Just means time for me to work INSIDE the house now (except I still have a box of three peonies that I need to get in this weekend!)
Posted by: felicia | November 16, 2006 8:38 AM
I love the fall as well. I was at camp with some students yesterday & wanted to come home and plant a native garden. It will have to wait until more is done inside, someday we with both have more garden "postings" on our blogs.
Posted by: Trissa | November 16, 2006 9:38 AM
Fall is why my wife and I moved to NH from Arizona. We can deal with the cold, rain, and humidity as long as a nice fall is the reward.
perogi.
Posted by: perogi | November 16, 2006 6:19 PM