It doesn’t feel like much like fall out here today, but that doesn’t mean this time of year doesn’t warrant a verse or two:
Breath, flame, wave, bone
Long light has lingered here, Earth still is warm,
Deepening shadows lost by the dawn.
Long darkness rising here, though heat lingers on,
Twist of the Equinox – Mabon has come.Dead leaves fall silently, drift on the air,
Trees standing, slumbering – dry, cracked and bare.
Time passes quietly, echoing past:
Earth calls the winter in. Mabon at last!Shadows through the mist I see:
Time passing silently.
Starlight, as the Spiral bends.
Moonlight, as the daylight ends.”
— Leanne Daharja Veitch, Mabon: Song of the Autumn Equinox
woke up to 40’s temps this morning…Fall is definitely here. Time this weekend to cut down and prepare the banana trees to be stored in the basement. We are supposed to get into the 30’s next week. I have over 100 roses at dad’s house that need to be cut back. We are over 30 days with no rain, drought conditions and burn bans everywhere. No tree colors yet and the leaves may fall before they turn due to the drought conditions. My tree in the front yard has lost all its leaves already. The big St. James Art Fair is this weekend. Miss y’all.
Comment by Jana — September 29, 2010 @ 4:24 am