Nature Insight: Ready or Not

And so October begins …

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Berries ripened, hips turned yellow to red;
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mushrooms appeared so clean in the grass;
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and still a flowering here and there, 
as if spring was in the air
not winter on our minds.

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But when the leaves turn colors,
the wind turns cold and brings them down …

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… before we, at least,  are ready.

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