Autumn

I love this time of year. 
Shorter days, longer nights.
Cooler winds, falling leaves. 

We have been blessed with rain and  

the earth smells wonderful. 

 The plants seem to be playing catch up,

knocking themselves out to bloom. 

My garden has a mid-May look to it. 

Daylilies and roses, blooming for all they are worth. 

They are not as tall as normal and some of the roses
don't have the usual number of petals,

but still they are doing

what they were put on this earth to do.

That's a great lesson for all of us. 

Just live.