Monday, September 17, 2007

Turning...

Suddenly, it starts to feel like fall.

After summer’s relentless heat and lack of rain, the weather turned cooler with a front which moved through last week.

There’s a hint of yellow in many of the trees, and now and then in the woods there’s a spot of color where one branch or one tree has assumed its fall colors prematurely. And when there’s a breeze, a few leaves ride it down without hurry to rest along the trail or the surface of the pond or branch.

The season is changing slowly, the fields are thinner, the air tastes of pollen, the crickets chirp into the day.