Weekend Fall Clean Up

The beans & cucumbers are done & the plants barren, brown and frost bitten.
On the counter sits two huge platters of tomatoes that need to turn red still.
We're outside, starting the usual fall clean up...
plants in the composters...pots being piled away...
some furniture tucked away...ponds & fountains are being emptied...
the hammock is sadly being rolled up..one last run to the city recycling yards is being planned,
wood is being stacked & extra birdseed is being put out.
 

 

The buns are all quiet and naughty at the same time.

They seem a bit lost at this time of year, when the doors are closed more than they are open.

They don't seem to understand until you crack the door open in the morning

& a cold blast hits their furry little faces as their little bodies preciously expand &

huff with the intake of unexpected crispy cool air.

Today, we're all together, waiting for some company to arrive, basking in the busy-ness

of another season ending, one that somehow & once again, went by way to quickly.