They’ve started. Yes, the leaves change color, turn
from green to yellow, orange to red, and burn
the countryside with glory. Do not miss
autumnal end of photosynthesis.
The yellow, orange and red were hiding down
beneath the green. Fall’s shorter days cause brown
to show, revealing color in less light.
Day shadows into dark. Leaves? What a sight!
My Mom has decorated cakes since I was a baby. In fact I never had a store bought one, nor did my three brothers. She only stopped making cakes when her hands crippled with arthritis and no longer could produce beautiful displays of her artwork., I think they were still beautiful but she was so hard on herself, really her cakes and frosting were so good and me being a kid, I hate to tell her it could have been messy and still yummy.
Behind my chair at table Vincent sat…
well no, not Vincent, but his Bridge at Arles,
the painting that my parents bought, a pearl
of art. Our dining room wore Vincent’s hat
of blues and greens and yellows, peaceful feel.
A child, I didn’t really realize
how artists brushed their strokes into the skies.
I grew up with the Van Gogh color wheel.