Autumn Cavalcade

Now this year’s floral splendour approaches its end. The last crackling colors of the leaves after the first frost night.

Now the beauty of flowers gives place to the maturity of fruits.

The damson tree offers juicy enjoyment.

In the blackberry thickets summer sweetness is still stored.

Blackthorn berries waiting for strong frosts to turn sour into sugar.

Hips become birds’ food this year as well.

And the whitebeam trees are leafless now.

Ellington