signs

signs of autumn

Mountain ash berries which soon the birds will happily strip the trees of

the gravenstein apples have arrived in the grocery store
along with large displays of canning and preserving supplies
mason jars and lids, sugar's on sale and pickling spice and mustard seed
the hydrangeas in our front garden have begun to turn dusty pink
the mornings are colder, we can sometimes see our breath
the harbour often has low lying fog, the water warmer than the air
Halloween candy and costumes displays have begun
we can smell, in the early mornings, the smell of wood fires burning
our Virginia creeper has berries and is just beginning to turn
piles of pumpkins are popping up everywhere
the fleece is out again (truth be told I didn't ever pack it away)
the chestnuts have begun to drop from the trees
the cosmos are in their glory
and people are buying pots of mums to display on porches and stoops
I've ordered my fire wood - 4 cords
still need to call the chimney sweep and the furnace boiler guys
and am hoping to find a mason to repoint my back chimney before the snow flies

it's rushing toward us, I see new signs every day - Autumn's nearly here
It's time to get this old brick house ready for Winter once again





a beautiful song - Autumn's Here - Hawksley Workman - lyrics here