There's a desert romance in the air...
Summer clings on to atumn.
Intertwined, they create warm in the day and cool at night.
But soon it will be time to go, just a memory of her in the sun.
Summer that is.
She lingers in these desert lands.
She's packed, she's said good-bye, and yet she stays.
Whenever it is her time I suppose she shall go.
Maybe it's because she's still tending her pumpkin vines crawling up Cinderella carriages...
And illuminating the indoors with her bright light.
While she's here I set the table, bake pies and cakes.
If only October could be one week longer, I beg.
Alas, the quince are falling off the tree and the palette is changing.
There are fuschias and magentas -
Slowly, peachy goldens turn up.
There are rambling roses and dahlias in both gardens.
Purple tones of zinnias dance in the breeze.
I dry some for next year's seeds.
I check on cherubs in a deep sleep in the garden - hidden bunnies under the purple lantana cove.
A dance of the last of warm summer and cool tones of autumn are all around.
I work on big new projects in the garden, I can not wait to tell you about very very soon.
For now I set my autumn table, as quince jam boils in the country kitchen.
I spend much time wandering through my gardens -
Dreaming, wondering, believing.
And in a few days I can tell, autumn will truly arrive.
The nights get cooler and cooler.
Mornings are brisk.
One will go and the other will stay.
But for now - there is a romance of summer and autumn -
Their time to part shall come by Sunday I hear.
Holding on by tips of fingers.
We'd like to hold on, but moving forward is always filled with magic.
I tell myself that all the time...
Keep moving forward, keep moving forward.
Such a freedom in moving along.
Soon it will be entirely autumn - but October will be gone.
These last 6 days of October will mean the world to me.
I do so love October.
Deeply.
How about you?
Good thing I love November and December too.
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See you soon,
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Love, Vanessa