Turning leaves – Autumn’s

reassuring wink before

Winter’s cold shoulder.

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Sun-kissed hills of frost,

watchful trees starting to blush –

Autumn love story.

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Following the storm,

clear skies and cooler weather –

our first taste of Fall.

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Outside my window:

hummingbirds and butterflies –

beauty on the fly.

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Bees and butterflies

dart among tall sunflowers –

summer’s golden gift

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In the summer heat

black-eyed susans greet the rain

with shining smiles.

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Those bachelor buttons

aren’t buttoned up as they sway

in the summer sun.

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Early afternoon

clouds fill the sky, turning it

prematurely grey.

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A stillness set in

after the rain – a quiet

time to soak things in.

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