FALL IS HERE

Fall has arrived in the Ozarks with cooler weather, rain showers and the very tips of trees beginning to change colors.  At the same time that the leaves begin to fall things are falling out of my attic that have been stored there for the past year.  Most of my "treasures" are beginning to show their age but with a little fluffing, cleaning and some glue they will just have to get by for another year and probably the next several years.  

My favorite fall decorations are scare crows, pumpkins and yellow flowers.  Orange is not one of my favorite colors to use but I put up with it for a few weeks every year just to fit in with the rest of the people.  Just remember that orange and pink make "peach" and we all love peaches.

We can now enjoy shorter days which means less work in the yard and garden.  We can also enjoy seasonal cooking such as good old apple pie and pumpkin cake.  The flowers are also ready for a long rest from all their hard work in spring and summer and we too are happy to see refreshing changes.

 

The melancholy days have come,

 the saddest of the year,

Of  wailing winds, and naked woods,

and meadows brown and sear.

 

Bryant--The Death of the Flowers

 

Remember to make hay while the sun shines!