Queen of the Autumn

Great Brook Farm State Park, Massachusetts
  
 ... colors, crowns...
        in the lively shades of leaves, departing...
              perhaps saying goodbye, or so I feel in their warmth...  

Grasshopper

Appleton Farms, Ipswich, Massachusetts
  
She is a good jumper and loves grasses...
   now sitting in the autumn palette,
    with her big multi-lens eyes that see the whole world in just a single peek...

        and I wonder about my place in this picture ? 

... of Colors

Appleton Farms, Ipswich, Massachusetts
  
... when nature slows down... trees are readying for long winter sleep,
      releasing the leaves in blazing deluge of the sun's energy and

         the thoughts ------ thank you for my life...  

First Signs

Noanet Woodlands Reservation, Massachusetts
  
... the time of change... first red leaf and chilly nights that bring about those glittering mornings,
      where each blade of grass is graced with tiny pearls of water 
      
       and sparkles into my soul... 

A Pause

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island, Massachusetts
  
Hidden among rocks, almost invisible... these are Sandpipers,
 the shorebirds that summer in Arctic lands and winter in Central America... 
 
Now is the time when they embark upon this long voyage, with a few stops of respite,
  and to fatten-up for the rest of the flight of 4,000 km to their winter homes...

    ... so special to see them here, among these rocks, having a pause...  

Golden

Crane Beach, Massachusetts
 
Seaside Goldenrod makes these sand-bound meadows radiate the sunshine...
      in steps with each flower and butterfly,
        while light wind ruffles golden quietude... 

In Motion

Crane Beach, Massachusetts
 
Grasses have learned to adopt the wind into their being.
    Swaying streaks of shimmer, the sound of waves and
    
      sandpipers... in the rhythm of the ocean...