Tag Archives: fall foliage

Clumps of snow still dot the crowns...

By Dave Bonta | Published October 30, 2011 at 10:40 am

Clumps of snow still dot the crowns of oaks—small clouds, a rain of angelic hats. Flaming orange and red leaves rattle in the wind.

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The wind is busy dismantling its favorite...

By Dave Bonta | Published October 15, 2011 at 11:35 am

The wind is busy dismantling its favorite instrument. I can now see clear to the ridgetop through the thinning trees—the sky beyond.

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Rain. And in the woods, a continual...

By Dave Bonta | Published October 14, 2011 at 9:14 am

Rain. And in the woods, a continual downward flight of leaves, meandering from side to side like all lost things. The rain falls harder.

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White-throated sparrows in the meadow...

By Dave Bonta | Published October 12, 2011 at 10:36 am

White-throated sparrows in the meadow—their quavery notes. Behind the curtain of gold leaves, a split-second glimpse of a hawk’s wing.

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Mist and quarry noise. In my four-day...

By Dave Bonta | Published October 11, 2011 at 8:55 am

Mist and quarry noise. In my four-day absence, green has drained from the trees, and the aliens in my yard have put up three blue flowers.

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Colored leaves turn backwards in the...

By Dave Bonta | Published October 2, 2011 at 12:41 pm

Colored leaves turn backwards in the cold wind—still the same pale green. A pileated woodpecker’s distant chant.

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Overcast. The softly glowing reds and...

By Dave Bonta | Published September 26, 2011 at 10:32 am

Overcast. The softly glowing reds and yellows, the hum of crickets, even the normally annoying call of a towhee all inspire nostalgia.

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As so often in fall, a clear morning...

By Dave Bonta | Published September 13, 2011 at 9:59 am

As so often in fall, a clear morning sky means not clarity but inversion—the bellowing of trucks. A yellow leaf lands with a soft click.

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After a warm night, half the lilac&#...

By Dave Bonta | Published November 10, 2009 at 10:53 am

After a warm night, half the lilac’s leaves are brown and curling. What is it about warmth this time of year that makes it so debilitating?

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Most of the edge and understory trees...

By Dave Bonta | Published October 26, 2009 at 10:13 am

Most of the edge and understory trees are bare now, and I can see under the oak canopy clear to the crest of the ridge and the sky beyond.

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