The intense heat that we endured in California this summer has faded and we are now officially into Autumn. The days are comfortable and the nights are crisp.
Everything seems to have received the earth's message that it's time to close down for another year. I listen to the acorns "thud" on the roof of our house or on our little lane. Cars drive by and you can hear the tires crunch the acorns into dust.
The leaves on our maple trees are beginning to change color.
The last of the Dahlia's and roses are blooming.
Unfortunately they were not happy campers this year as they were trying to survive the blazing heat spells, lower water consumption and not having Moi take care of them.
It was just too dang hot to go out there!
It was just too dang hot to go out there!
My friend, the Flicker sings to me every morning and in the late afternoon.
The days are decidedly shorter and our shadows are much longer.
I am harvesting apples in hopes of future cobblers, applesauce or my mama's famous apple pie!
The birds are filling up on nuts and seed for the approaching cold weather.
As I plant my spring bulbs......the squirrels are planting and hiding their acorns.
All day long I am replanting my flowers that the squirrels have dug up to make room for acorns.
YES.....I am talking about you Mister!
Meanwhile, there are so many wildfires in Northern California right now.
It's difficult to complain about the smoky air around here when so many have lost everything.
I am reminded of my Great-Aunt Theresa who at the age of 82 lost her home
and belongs in the 1991 Oakland firestorm - she told me that everyone was so generous
buying her new mixing bowls and beautiful fluffy towels.
But it was her old chipped dishes and comfortably worn bedspread that made her feel at home.
"Mostly it is loss which teaches
us about the worth of things."
--Arthur Schopenhauer
