Walking Through Autumn: Week 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
It was a week of yellow
gold and bright amber

The walnut leaves fell in clumps
alongside the basswood, northern spicebush, tulip poplar and pawpaw
a golden yellow that spoke of the sun and the seasons
and bright days yet to be

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This Autumn, I took time to take regular photos and notes to map the passing days of the Fall season...

Walking Through Autumn: Week 4

The seasons tend to move in a predictable manner
The Summer flowers fade and Autumn flowers begin
the green fades and the brown and gold and red and yellow begin

But sometimes
we find a Queen Anne’s Lace
     even though they should have quit blooming in August

Flowering in October

I call them Queen Anne’s Grace

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This Autumn, I took time to take regular photos and notes to map the passing days of the Fall season...

Walking Through Autumn: Week 3

The White Snakeroot’s Latin name means
     Ageless

presumably because it keeps blooming deep into Autumn
hanging on while the walnut leaves and walnuts fall all around
and the horse chestnut pods burst open

exposing their deep rich red-gold nuts

all in preparation for generations still undreamt of

Snakeroot, yellow walnut leaves
a pinecone and
horse chestnut fruit

The horse chestnut fruit

mahogany polish

an antique in one season

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This Autumn, I took time to take regular photos and notes to map the passing days of the Fall season...

Walking Through Autumn: Week 2

The tall ironweed is one of the last wildflowers of summer
with brilliant, impossibly deep purple blooms
and leaves falling from the sycamore and beech
often find themselves entangled in her embrace
while the Smooth Sumac begins its fade to Red
And Autumn begins with hints of glory-yet-to-be

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This Autumn, I took time to take regular photos and notes to map the passing days of the Fall season...

Walking Through Autumn: Week 1

 

Good News

We are called to live

like leaves falling to the ground

soon joining as one

not in defeat or death

but in delightful harmony

a beloved community

making the world rich

this Fall is not our ending

it is Salvation

 

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This Autumn, I took time to take regular photos and notes to map the passing days of the Fall season...

Sweet Gum Autumn Began Like a Thunderstorm

The starry leaves of sweet gum

called down glory like meteors

like brilliant lights of heaven

raining down on our simple green world

like a mystery unsolved

and unsolvable

and perfectly magnificent

A Light Within Autumn Leaves

There is a light within autumn leaves
holding fast to days gone by

and lighting a way for days yet to be

When I can
I live within those leaves