Summer's End in Sight

The air has changed. Harvest is in full swing as all of my neibours gather in the crops. My husband has been going night and day, working at his full time job, and then jumping in the big rig transporting wheat to the various loading dock facilities. Pretty soon all the fields will be bare awaiting winter's snowy blankets. Apple trees around the roadsides are laden, our own ash trees are covered in berry clusters drawing flocks of noisy starlings.
My friends in the knitting circles are busily planning and designing Christmas gifts and menus. I have been working a lot, covering for vacationing staff, and providing respite care for tired family members who need a recharge now and then. I take my knitting along for quiet times and my own breaks, and my patients enjoy the quiet, watching my projects grow larger, as it brings back memories of past knitters to discuss and share.
The chickadees are constant visitors now, as some of the larger birds are slowly moving southwards, following the changes in the landscape as food sources change as fall and winter approach. The hummingbird still visits the feeder, but will be leaving soon for warmer climates, til next spring when they again buzz past my windows.
And everywhere, gardens are in full glory, as we enjoy the new potato crop and crisp beans, an everyday table addition of late summer.
So we all better get out and savor late summer as it wanes, as soon enough the weather will be cool, then cold and blustery in the grip of Old Man Winter!