Friday, November 8, 2013

What a difference a few degrees make

About a month ago, I noticed dramatic and rapid changes in the angle of sunlight falling through the windows of the house from day to day. The sun was not in my eyes in my office at this hour four days ago.

Temperatures also began to fluctuate, and as it cooled very slightly at night the gingers and vines began to turn yellow. In the flower beds, the plants that reseed themselves every year are quietly dropping leaves and seeds and fading out of sight as the roses, which don't like to sweat, are putting out leaves and blooming again.

That last development is dependent on the regular spraying with the rotten egg mixture that keeps the deer from biting, of course. She checks back regularly to mouth what is nibble-able.

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