Posted by: shewolfy728 | September 11, 2007

And So It Begins…

 

Here in Laramie, at 7200 feet of elevation, summer’s end comes early. Already the days grow cooler, and soon we will have our first frost and golden aspen and cottonwoods. You can already smell woodsmoke on the evening air, and folks are covering up their tomato plants or bringing in the ones growing in pots - they’ve only just had ripened fruit. We are enjoying the last days of true summer.

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 Fruits of the harvest - at last

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 A busy fellow - summer’s end doesn’t seem to slow him down

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Sunny daze - until the first frost

 

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A fiery bowl full of flowers

 

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But summer’s end is nearing

 

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And so it begins…

 

-She Wolf (c) 2007

 

 

 

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Glorious colors. I can smell the smoke and feel the frost.

All lovely, but I particularly love the leaves still on the branch. Soon it will be stripped clean and we’ll all wonder when time played her tricks as we look into autumn’s face.

These are just wonderful images Jane. Make sure to include them in the Wild Garden as well. Laramie always has romantic connotations after all those wild west TV shows of my childhood. Bonanza was a favourite.

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