These are the days when birds come back,
A very few, a bird or two,
To take a backward look.
These are the days when skies put on
The old, old sophistries of June, --
A blue and gold mistake.
Oh, fraud that cannot cheat the bee,
Almost thy plausibility
Induces my belief,
Till ranks of seeds their witness bear,
And softly through the altered air
Hurries a timid leaf!
Oh, sacrament of summer days,
Oh, last communion in the haze,
Permit a child to join,
Thy sacred emblems to partake,
Thy consecrated bread to break,
Taste thine immortal wine!
Emily Dickinson
We enjoyed a week of unseasonably warm weather after several frosts and our first snowfall. Cool weather has returned and yesterday's rain brought down the rest of our leaves. These pictures were all taken in the past few days.
These are the days when birds come back,
A very few, a bird or two,
To take a backward look.
These are the days when skies put on
The old, old sophistries of June, --
A blue and gold mistake.
Oh, fraud that cannot cheat the bee,
Almost thy plausibility
Induces my belief,
Till ranks of seeds their witness bear,
Oh, sacrament of summer days,And softly through the altered air
Hurries a timid leaf!
Oh, last communion in the haze,
Permit a child to join,
Thy sacred emblems to partake,
Thy consecrated bread to break,
Taste thine immortal wine!
Emily Dickinson
We enjoyed a week of unseasonably warm weather after several frosts and our first snowfall. Cool weather has returned and yesterday's rain brought down the rest of our leaves. These pictures were all taken in the past few days.