entering november
After the color explosion of October, I feel a little exhausted. Sensory overload. Trees and roadside plants have gone to sleep or seed for the winter. Most of the Canada Geese have left on their southward migration, and I am sure our Groundhogs have eaten themselves into a winter stupor. Not many of us left to settle in to our niche for the coming months.
My November ‘niche’ activities will include:
- daily filling of the bird feeder
- refurbishing our outside fire pit
- acquiring rock for our new project… a rock-embellished woods road (more about this later)
- sorting some of the books in my library
- return to making soups and stews for our meals
Mostly, I want to appreciate November. I am not very fond of the coming month, but I have resolved to find good in it.
November first frost
~
air brittle
a broken sliver of moon
caught among disrobed larches
silence ruptured
by craven’s cry
~
© Jane Tims 1995
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I bet you will find great beauty in the month. Wishing you a lovely journey through November. 🙂
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Robin
November 4, 2011 at 4:35 pm
Hi Robin. You too! Jane
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jane tims
November 4, 2011 at 5:48 pm
What a lovely way to introduce a new month Jane. I also love the picture of the rock and the drawing of the apples.
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dearrosie
November 3, 2011 at 12:42 am
Hi Rosie. Thanks for your comment. Happy November! Jane
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jane tims
November 3, 2011 at 7:06 am
Wishing you a wonderful November. Your post is a nice way to begin the month. I like how your photo of the rock fits with your drawing of the apples, along with the vivid images in your poem.
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Ellen Grace Olinger
November 1, 2011 at 9:11 am
Hi Ellen. I see you also started November with a tribute! Thanks for your comments. Jane
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jane tims
November 1, 2011 at 9:14 pm
I thought the leaves were dead mice when I first saw them, and I thought it was an autumn thing where you live – “the dying of the mice” or something – that would be interesting
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mymatejoechip
November 1, 2011 at 7:26 am
Interesting… the brown leaves do look like dead mice. Jane
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jane tims
November 1, 2011 at 9:25 pm