Autumn Sun
We sit in the warm afternoon
sun on the 24th of October. Incredibly, it is 24 degrees
Celsius, with only a light breeze stirring the spectacular
late season flowers. We drink in the quiet calm, turning
our faces, eyes shut, to the heat of the lowering sun,
thinking of summer. Bees swarm the profusion of Michaelmas
daisies and asters, and the purple beauty of the fall
crocuses. There is a steady traffic of birds at the nearby
feeder. We try to photograph them, but they are just too
quick, swooping in only to capture a sunflower seed and
spirit it away to enjoy in private or hide for the cold
days to come.
busy bees
gathering the last nectar
a fall crocus nods
Don
Photo: Don