The grasses are arching above the places where the perennials had bloomed only weeks ago. The Purple Fountain grass is darker than most of my garden now, which is still a lush, verdant green. Like icing on its cake, feathery festoons topple from the tips of each spire of the ornamental grass. Some of the…
Category: Autumn
Memories of Going to the Fair
I grew up in the Bootheel of Southeast Missouri, which is about 120 miles up the Mississippi River from Memphis, Tennessee. The highlight of my autumns was that of going to the Midsouth Fair in Memphis. My mother will soon be 97, and every time I see her, I hear her repeat: “Brush your teeth…
Squirrels at Harvest Time
Many people view harvest time as the weeks during which Starbucks serves Pumpkin Spice Latte, or as the time when the craft stores line their shelves with fake pumpkins, orange garlands, and scarecrows that are not scary at all. The funny thing about craft stores, however, is that if you move a couple of rows…
Why Are Crows Associated with Evil?
Especially in the USA, Crows or Blackbirds are simply part of the landscape, and over time, they have become associated with the autumnal time of year. I suppose that is because we associate scarecrows with the fall, and what is a scarecrow’s job? To scare crows. Perhaps it is because they are black that crows…
Description of Autumn Leaves by Winthrop Packard in Wood Wanderings
AMONG AUTUMN LEAVES WOOD WANDERINGS BY WINTHROP PACKARD ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES COPELAND Published in 1910 THE deep woods catch all the rich colors of the autumn sunsets in their foliage. The dull reds and the vivid ones, the maroons and the scarlets, the golden yellows and the wondrously soft and mellow shades of tan and…
Autumn Garden Chores – Getting Ready for Next Year’s Garden
The 2023 garden season is almost over in North Mississippi, and since I moved to my current home too late to have a successful garden here this year, I am doing several things now to get a jump on next year’s garden. For one thing, I have set up several raised beds, and I have…
Bible Scriptures about Autumn and the Harvest
James 5:7-8: “Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.” Isaiah 40:6-8: “A voice says, ‘Cry out.’ And I said, ‘What…
A House in the Woods – A Picture Book by Inga Moore
“A Little Pig had made a den for herself in the woods. Next door, another Little Pig had made himself a hut.” “But when the first Little Pig brought hr feather home to her den, she discovered that Bear had moved in–which she didn’t mind because she likes Bear.” To summarize: Because the animals had…
Good Morning, August, from the Book Tuck Everlasting
Hawk’s Bill Crag in the Ozark Mountains In the above photo, you see a view of Hawk’s Bill Crag, which is in the Ozark Mountains. It is 38 miles from my house. While this is not the Alps, the Ozarks is a hilly-to-mountainous region, and in places, the terrain is downright steep. While Hawk’s Bill…