The Colors of Late Summer

From my view on the hill autumn is fast approaching. The leaves are starting to look like they’ve served their purpose and are contemplating falling to the ground in that most ancient of recycling programs.  Odd, we never rake leaves around here yet every spring they’re gone.

I love fall. I love the cold-morning air that makes me want to linger outside and listen to the flocks of birds gathering in the trees to whisper southern travel plans to one another. It’s a temporary chill until autumn finally arrives. The days are still warm on the downside of summer, downright hot on occasion like earlier this week. Last night all the windows were open to the coolness. Today my allergy eyes itch like crazy!

I’m surrounded by native prairie. You can always tell exactly where you are in the season by the height and color of the flowers around here. We’re at the mid-point of the yellow phase, and many of the plants are taller than my 5’6″ frame. Yellows of all kinds from false sunflowers, to coneflowers, to goldenrods are everywhere and the bees love it. Soon the New England asters will bloom. I adore that indescribable color blue — sort of a purple-blue.

The gold finches have come for the thistle down just starting to fluff, and the prairie grasses are growing tall and are getting seed-heavy. Every year my husband brings some Indian grass inside for me to decorate with. Not much, just a few stalks. He brought a small bunch inside today. He says they’re the color of my hair. Funny thing, that. He insists my hair gets darker in the fall. I’ve heard other people say the same thing. I can’t imagine why that would be. Maybe it’s just the contrast of the brighter reds and oranges in the autumn flowers and leaves. One day soon, everyone else will see snowy white, and he’ll be the only one seeing my red hair changing with the seasons. And that will be just fine with me.

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~ Walt Whitman

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