Fall Afternoon

Fall has arrived in our valley.

The frenetic pace of summer has passed.

Fall has arrived with its browns, its golds, its crisp cold mornings and warm afternoons.

Fall has arrived with its winds!

The fields are going to sleep.

Fall has arrived like an old friend.

"I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion." 

~ Henry David Thoreau