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Some weeks before 2023 wraps up

 

wooden "Shaker" chair in autumn afternoon light marked with strong shadows on the slats of the back
Sunny afternoon
Lights the grandparents' old chair
Cold weather begins

flaming red "burning bush" with many leaves on the deep green grass below
Burning Bush so red
Colors the halloween grass
More leaves to rake still

frozen birdbath with rim of frost on metal shining in morning light
Hard freeze came last night
Thirsty birds wait warm sunshine
Fall melts to winter

close-up of metal fencepost top spiked in heavy hoarfrost
Frost starts November
Hoary head of white crystals
Cap the metal fence

close-up of kitchen compost pot heaped with peels and coffee grounds
Food and drink consumed
Now compost begins second life
Feeding the garden


Jack Frost loads the leaves
And they fall at slightest breeze
Pattering they land

bird bath close-up with ice island floating in the middle above sunken maple leaves
Icy water waits
Warming sun to melt away
Cold November night

street gutter and drain surrounded by bean pods fallen from nearby black locust trees
Black locust beans
Drift down the road after storm
Few seeds ever sprout

row of military service branch flags in front of veterans care facility seen from oblique angle
Colorful salute
In all weather and seasons
Veterans now old

bronze fountain drained for winter
Twelve-sided fountain
Safely dried 'fore winter freeze
Bronze figures of youth

monochrome kitchen window scene of countertop and sunny outdoor yard
Kitchen window view
Fresh snow on ground and rooftops
Indoors warm and dry

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