Junior Bird Patrol
by Cathy Grafton on 10/17/11While driving along the roadways lately the old song - "up in the air junior bird patrol" pops into my head. The birds are gathering - lining the phone wires everywhere and practicing dare devil mid-flight turns inches above the cars speeding by. They are practicing for the journeys south. In the harvested fields you can see hordes of geese gleaning corn. They don't seem to head all the way south these days, but I have seen several v's of geese all heading south.
We've had lovely fall weather the past few weeks, glorious warm afternoons, the leaves are showing down now and I came home to a huge drift of windblown leaves in my driveway. Now there is a chill in the air, and not only the birds are preparing. Squirrels are excitedly gathering acorns and scampering everywhere it seems. We are all more watchful for deer when driving now as they are active and pumpkins and mums grace yards all over town. The weekly farmer's market is full of gourds, root vegetables and fewer tomatoes. Cunningham's incredible taffy apples are a special fall treat in our market - and I get one almost each time I head to the store. I am lucky enough to have some bittersweet for my front porch - that in turn is inspiring the colors I am using now in my embroidery and quilting work. Those fall browns, oranges, dark reds and yellows blend together in a bright ribbon of color.
I have a dark red pumpkin on my porch, gift of friends which adds a touch of whimsey to my minimal Halloween decor. Hope you are enjoying fall as much as I do and that you get to see some birds - dancing in the sky before they head south.
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