It's a glorious autumnal day
A woman walks her dog, the leash a long ribbon catching the light strung between her and the dog.
Light glazes the water and rough-edged clouds sail the soft blue sky
A reflection of the scene below.
The leaves are thinning out; they lie scattered on the path like dead offerings to the wood-gods
What is left of the earth is a rich rusted red-brown
The wild rose bush a highlight of flaming golden.
Everything rests in the warming sun, no indication of what's to come—
Winter will sneak up and grab us—
just
like
that.
It's been impossibly warm and gorgeous these last couple of days, golden sun and crimson leaves and a joyous wind washing across the earth. I wish it could last forever, this weather, but it never does.