Autumn and Winter begin to Mingle

appreciating the mushrooms 

 as i studied them 

clear night skies

inspire frost to grace life

sunlight is revealed as tiny sparkling orbs

when mixed with frost

colors dance before our eyes

good medicine

some trees 

naked

the sunlight chooses them to present, show off and reflect

finding new treasures

Basidioradulum radula, Toothed Crust fungus

like an artful mandala

Plicaturopsis crispa, a Crimped gilled Polyporales

this is the underside, the top looks like

it was growing on dead wood:

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Montana Glimpses

some trees have dropped their leaves

a perfect perch for a

Bald Eagle

 

some trees still cloaked in their golds

 

leaves float upon the pond

last night 

was the first night 

that the ponds froze

yesterday

these beautiful flowers celebrating life

in front of the health food store

not sure how many frosts they can exist through

autumn beckons life to sink below the surface of the earth

to rest deeply

till next year

 

I am enjoying the last of autumns

fungal beauty

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Dreaming of Summer

late autumn fills our days and nights

rain not snow falls from the sky

cloaked in gray
rarely a sunny day

i dream of summer flowers

and 

butterfly wings

a peak of petals

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