Sunday, September 30, 2018

October

October 1st, 2018

October, dear October.....

who raises our spirits with it's blue, blue skies and flamboyant colours, so that when melancholy November arrives we are well girded to bear its gloomy, foggy ways.

 A little drive through the Valley to waken one's eyes to October's beauty....



One leaves the gardens 



 Along the fence a riotous

scarlet scarf tops

the fence line, while in the

distance the neighbour

add his cornstalks to

Autumn's festive costume.

 The last of the roses bloom, - just as if it is still June










 Up on the hillside a grove of Aspen falls into the rills where the small streams trickle




 and down here, below, the curly willow driveway that Charles created from little stubs of willow sticks grows larger and provides more shade



 long shadows, a lone sunflower that has served the birds gladly....




 poplars glow in the sunshine



and the sky burns blue through the branches of the pine




along the Similkameen the gold skips the gravelly beach

and is reflected in the still, quiet river



 Oh look, - what is this below??

If once I knew

I have forgotten..

but what a lovely contrast

The river ripples round the bend

watched over by surrounding hills

and off in the distance Apex Mountain



Here above the far bank is an irrigated meadow,

long since harvested, and lying

at the foot of the sloping hills







closer to civilization a little black cat keeps a wary eye on us...


We come to Ginty's pond, - alas, now covered in scum

but still a favourite haunt of ducks




and other animals, - far back in the darker, wooded reaches







the colours of fall dot the hills

and the bull rush grows mightily



the water wends through the trees and grasses, glinting in the sunlight
that finds its way through the trees




the hills, dotted with golden globes





and the fences, festooned with wine and white



and here and there a touch of gold


and fuzzy wild clematis




Feast your eyes on the glorious season

and be full of thanks and praise

for October!!






































It behooves one to remember

that November looms...

fortify your soul!!!!!

3 comments:

Hill Top Post said...

What a wonderful drive through the valley! Thank you for taking us along. I had been wanting to see if the ducks had returned to Ginty's Pond. Your valley is already putting on quite a show for this "glorious season."

Hildred said...

Chip Butter, - we are not as advanced as the post might indicate Chip, - some of these photos are from other years as I don't have the wonderful pleasure of those photo drives too often, as the years pass by!!!! Praise what comes........

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

Oh Hildred -- I loved this ode to October -- a wonderful month in this corner of the world too and especially loved because it is (for now while we're still traveling) the only seasonal change we actually see. Not much difference from late winter to spring in Florida.

Your words are so lovely accompanied by your perfect illustrations. I do love all the Autumn color you showed so much, but want to mention my fondness for those "last roses of summer." I seek those brave 'hangers-on' these days ... something to do with my age no doubt.