thanks to Shakespeare's warning in "Julius Caesar"...
but thanks to Wilkipedia, I now know that...
the "Ides of September" is actually on the 13th...
which is almost irrealivant, given the fact that the Ides...
was always the full moon of any month...
since they figured backwards from the new moon, "Kalends"[ie Kalendar]...
& due to their shorter year, 307 days & irregular months...
Ides fell on the 15th in 4 months [including March]...
the 9th in 2 months and the 13th in 4 months [including September]
but in all months, Ides was always the full moon...
at the moment, there is a 1% waning crescent moon...
so tomorrow or the next day will actually be...
the "Kalends"of September or new moon...
but since I took these pictures on September 15th...
I'm sticking with my title...
a little knowledge can be an annoying thing, in this case...
as we were walking, I noticed this harbinger of fall...
an early-turning Japanese maple...
a few steps further, a Morning Glory showing the summer's best blooms...
looking across the "circle", a liquid amber that's also an "early turner"...
this was a flaming torch last fall...
and finally the Creeper... wearing its late summer crisp...
the nice drenching we had last Saturday night...
has washed all the summer dust away...
but there's been too much heat & not enough water...
so it's crisping, not waiting to turn...
though there are a couple of scarlet leaves in the shade...
the equinox and fall will be here next Tuesday...
all the early summer green is fading & tired...
soon, will come the wet & cold...
I can't wait...
2 comments:
My dogwoods are already turning, and yesterday on the way to the doctor's office I could see yellow leaves in amongst the folliage on the side of the road. We've a had week of rain on and off, so the grass and some things have perked up, but the long slide to winter has definitely started. My tomato and pepper plants are just about done for the season, too.
...unless I stop watering, I'll have tomatoes into November... my peppers & eggplants are having a Renaissance of set fruit... the beans, however, are dead... thanks again for the potato soup recipe, I look forward to trying it... :D
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