Bringing in the Green

When you consider how much of the landscape, as we see it today, will change tremendously within the next week or two, each remaining leaf of color or flower demands more focus. There will no longer be an awning of yellow and orange over the morning window; the swirling art prints formed by newly fallen leaves upon the stream surface will flow away. Scenes will be brown and thin and gray.

And yet evergreens remain. Exposed soon in the cold wind blowing, their fragrance invites us to bring them inside, a promise of blossoms in spring.

Too Soon

The woodland animals, even insects, were restless today
Cool air and sunshade-leaves spread over every limb and rock and path
They call me out to notice
To remind me this will all be gone in days
Will turn brown and dead and frozen

What You Do Not See

Usually the change of color this time of year begins and ends before I can even stop long enough to take it all in.

This season will be different.







But part of the problem is that it doesn't happen anywhere in the city at the same time. And not even the same kind of tree exhibits the same rate of change.

It is as if the sun recognizes this and lends a hand.







Even deep in woods it reaches -
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