It seemed with the turn of the calendar page the weather followed suit. Dense gray clouds move across a cooling sky like enormous battleships, each heralding the coming storms that will chase the remnants of summer away. Already the maples and ashes are starting to color and fall blooming flowers are in full display.
With bittersweet smiles farewell slips past our lips and the warmth of summer shimmers away, dissipating like vapors on the horizon. Autumn fills the air with rich scents and promises of crimson sunsets. Patchwork trees canvas the landscape, bright hues that warm the heart even as the dwindling daylight cools.
Pumpkins perch on stoop and porch, welcoming with a warning in the same sight, warning to enjoy the tepid days and mild nights for winter approaches with its icy breath and darkened days.
Did you accomplish what you set out to do? Did you do all you wanted to?
Soon the leaves will dry and swirl on by, falling reminders of another season, and possibly another opportunity, gone.
Ionic Fantasy 