Post by Village Idiot on Oct 8, 2006 20:41:28 GMT -5
The leaves are turning, and it is warm. It's not the most spectacular fall, trees are turning at different times instead of together, and while it is all pretty, it's not one of those amazing years.
That being said, fall cannot help being beautiful, especially on a sunny day because the humidity is gone and the sky is an absolute blue. The background of a red-tailed hawk as it circles a thousand feet in the air is one of the most brilliant things we are ever allowed to see.
But fall doesn't last, especially a warm fall. It is a fragile thing, and can be shattered in a day or even an afternoon as wind, clouds, cold and rain can move in at a moment, stripping the trees and coloring things in dull shades of brown and gray.
I took a step back today. The tree in our back yard stays green as long as it possibly can, always the last to turn. I held my guitar and leaned back in a chair today, in shorts and shirtsleeves, playing songs and looking into the green of that tree and the birds coming to the feeders hanging in it. It's going to cool down next week, but for today, it was summer.
That being said, fall cannot help being beautiful, especially on a sunny day because the humidity is gone and the sky is an absolute blue. The background of a red-tailed hawk as it circles a thousand feet in the air is one of the most brilliant things we are ever allowed to see.
But fall doesn't last, especially a warm fall. It is a fragile thing, and can be shattered in a day or even an afternoon as wind, clouds, cold and rain can move in at a moment, stripping the trees and coloring things in dull shades of brown and gray.
I took a step back today. The tree in our back yard stays green as long as it possibly can, always the last to turn. I held my guitar and leaned back in a chair today, in shorts and shirtsleeves, playing songs and looking into the green of that tree and the birds coming to the feeders hanging in it. It's going to cool down next week, but for today, it was summer.
