Uploaded on October 27, 2011

Out there in the garden
Now that nights are cold,
Only white petunia,
Burnished marigold,
Saucy they, as ever—
How they love to tease
With their autumn fragrance,
Summer’s last few bees!

—Kathryn Jackson
The Golden Book of 365 Stories


10.27.2023: We’ve had a few warm days, and I even have a rosebud on one of the bushes out front, but things are supposed to change soon.