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!!!!!
