The haze around the harvest moon promises
summer is almost lost...but it still beckons with
it's warm days and some tree stumps are still
covered with bright green moss...

Pumpkins, Marigolds and Mums alive with
sunset colors of orange, yellow and
red...dominate the withering gardens and the
browning leaves of the flower bed...

Colder nights will soon be here and frost
will cover the valley...and Winter will linger
long till the first speck of green breaks through
the thawing earth in the miracle of Springs morning ~