Letter: Autumn arrives in an explosion of color

Posted 9/27/18

To the editor:

Our lovely summer has slipped away but if we can have another week or two of the present weather I am not complaining. The fall perennials are at their peak – Japanese anemones …

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Letter: Autumn arrives in an explosion of color

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To the editor:

Our lovely summer has slipped away but if we can have another week or two of the present weather I am not complaining. The fall perennials are at their peak – Japanese anemones both white and pink, asters tall pink and low lavender, phlox and finally the annual morning Glories that I have waited for all summer.

The back 40 has turned from pink Joe Pye Weed to a mass of yellow with three kinds of goldenrod – round top with a sweet scent, another with curling finger tips and a tall one ending in a sharp point. As there are 33 different kinds according to my Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide I have no intention of figuring out which is which, any more than I ever plan to try and figure out which fern is which or which warbler I’m seeing in the bird bath.

Along the paths the dainty Queen Anne’s lace has folded up its edges to make little brown cups that look as though they wanted to be little nests for dozens and dozens of tiny birds. No such luck although there are a great many goldfinches enjoying the niger seed all day long and a huge seven brothers tree (Heptacodium) is so covered with little white flowers that it looks like a enormous snowball and is visited by Hummingbirds as well as bumble and honey bees. Just because our local hummers are gone, don’t forget to keep the feeders filled for the weary travelers as they make their long voyage south. (October 15 is the last day to do this.)

Sidney Tynan

Little Compton

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