As Autumn fades.....................

A soft quietude takes over the landscape 

as the Winter Solstice comes closer.  

Thoughts of dustings of snow are on my mind.

I would love to have a 'White Christmas'.

Do you have plans for Winter travel?  

Perhaps you are ski buffs and head for the 

mountains or cross-country trails.

This year I feel I will not be straying far from 

home during the Winter months.

Cozy thoughts of being 'snowed-in' for a few days

cross my mind. Some quiet time to stay put instead

of always having to be somewhere.

I have this new garden friend, 'Chippy', a really cute 
little Eastern chipmunk. He/she (and there may be more 
than one) lives under my garden, entering and exiting the 
burrow through this old tree stump. I've read that, for safety 
reasons, they have several 'doorways' to their subterranean home. 
Also, it's very clean down under as they even build a bathroom! 
These little guys, unlike western chipmunks, 
hibernate here in the east, so I'm thinking with this 
colder weather we won't be seeing them much longer.

 Lastly.........a few nights back, when we had our 

first below freezing temperatures, a tree we have 

never discovered the name of, dropped all 

its still bright green huge leaves within an hour 

as we watched from the kitchen window early morning.

It was as if they had a chat and decided it was time, 

then all let go and fluttered down together carpeting

the ground and the roof of the potting shed.

Yes, beautiful Autumn is almost over for this year, and what 
an amazing season it has been.