Early Fall Changes

​     It is early fall, still warm but nights are hinting at what is to come.  Summer crowds of people have surrendered the lake docks to migrating birds.  There is gold in the apple trees and the ever-changing foliage.  Grapes have turned and sweetened.  Our pet Firethorn has been brought inside again, shivering from the cooling nights.  The outdoor vacation for this plant has inspired it to bloom and set fruit.  Hopefully we can harvest some seed from this unique ornamental plant from California. Meanwhile our sunrises and sunsets explode with their own color, brought on by the dusty harvest-time.