Winter Freezes Fall's Flowers
Frost Flower Daily Photo Snow Sugaring petals Fading yesterday’s flowers Winter covers Fall. Haiku’s as winter comes.
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Frost Flower Daily Photo Snow Sugaring petals Fading yesterday’s flowers Winter covers Fall. Haiku’s as winter comes.
Read moreAutumn with Rainbow Daily Photo Fall is Spring’s golden cousin
Read moreSeptember Sunrise in Tangerine Daily Photo My favorite time of the day.
Read moreDoe Daily Photo A Doe Her neck arcs Against our autumn’s afternoon. Winter, a hunter, watches. Summer dies too soon.
Read moreWild Currant Berries Daily Photo Tomorrow lights the horizon like a Harvest Moon and all my Summer days were filled until work gushed over into the nights but … But I didn’t taste this summer’s wild currants–pressing the rich dark cylinders against the roof of my mouth until the juice slid wetly, wonderfully down my throat Hike the foggy, far
Read moreEasing down from the hills into the flat flood plains of the Eel River doesn’t mean leaving country courtesy behind. The Avenue of the Giants winds through almost frighteningly large Redwood trees but the people of the river valley welcome visitors like they were next door neighbors. Even in November, a produce stand in the miniscule town of Pepperwood
Read moreAs I muddle through the middle of my life, I discover I love foliage more than flowers and Fall more than Spring. I aspire to emulate maples which explode in joy and color even as they reach the end of their cycle. When chlorophyll recedes from autumn leaves, the vibrant tones that have been hidden reveal themselves in passionate purples
Read moreTomorrow, when sunlight lingers only on the tips of the Yolla Bollie mountains, my small son and I will gather the jack-o-lantern, a crimson candle with a spill of wax around its base, and a candy skull painted red and blue with powder sugar paint. Together, we will scatter the zombie remains of this summer’s leaves as we walk into
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