Fall 2023

Seasons change. Because of extreme heat and drought, leaves started dropping too early this year. Of all my flowering plants, only lantana seems to have perked up and bloomed after the scant rain we finally received. My lilac bushes managed three puny blossoms. Even zinnias look dead, and my big honeysuckle vine’s pitiful. Obedient plants have thinned to almost nothing. Four o’clocks, morning…