Happy Second Day of Autumn!

Sure, sure.  Most people would indeed be wishing you a happy first day of Autumn.

Do we really want to waste time quibbling about whether it is more important to celebrate a first than a second day? All while cooler morning air evaporates into another stark reminder that Autumn in Central Texas is more a suggestion than seasonal change?

I thought not.

There will certainly be no shortage of internet foliage shots available if borrowed imagery is your deal.

And yet?  I find the color we get around these parts, the show that begins after a couple of welcomed rains in combination with cooled overnight air, though mostly of the Last Gasp Flowering variety? It is soothing and inspiring in its own way.

So if it is colored leaves you desire, please feel free to look elsewhere.  To follow is everything I've got to ease your summer weary eyes...

I listened, straining.

Shook my head

and listened once more.

It was then I heard her.

"I too, 

am Autumn's offering"

the Pomegranate was whispering

in my garden.

"Do I not embrace cooler mornings, 

eased afternoons,

respite from summer's braggadocio of heat?"

"I flower and fruit,

offering tribute to 

all that is,

has been,

or can be."

"You callously 

worship leaves

as they lose their life stream."

I heard her sigh.

"But I too,

I too am Autumn."