Here in Florida the signs of Autumn are more subtle than in other areas of North America. With fewer species of deciduous trees and shrubs you have to look closer to find Fall.
A yellow Sweetgum leaf, a red blush on Virginia Creeper foliage, a riot of purple berries on a branch of Beauty Berry or a mulch of acorns strewn through the yard are the visual cues that accompany cooler temperatures and shorter days. Autumn is creeping in so in closing I would share a favorite poem about this golden time of year.
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Robert Frost 1923
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