Once again the harvest is over once again the leaves cover the ground once again the misty fogs hovers once again pruning and burning begins Now the frost comes now the dark days now the long nights now the remembrance of summer passed Soon the earth turns from day into day from night into night from time into time Gather in […]
Day: October 31, 2006
First Frost, First Freeze
Yesterday we woke to the first significant frost on the ground. I cut the last good dahlias in the afternoon and gave them to my mother for her birthday. Last night when I went to sleep it was already below freezing and remained so for most of this morning. Only the dogs, with their fur […]