Have you noticed the change happening all around us?
Colors are growing deeper, and darker
More deep burgundies, purples, orange and brown,
Even the greens are getting deeper.
I used to think cooler nights brought on the change;
Maybe it’s also the days growing shorter.
The plants in the garden want to make one last all out effort at beauty
Before that first frosty night.

“The Devil’s Walkingstick” Aralia spinosa, with berries forming where flowers bloomed only weeks ago.
The mood is shifting
as another summer recedes into memory.

Sycamore
Friends come home from their travel,
Fall plans are in the making,
The tempo of life is picking up,
and it’s time for a change of wardrobe.
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