Getting ready for it.
With frosts and freezes in the near forecast,
it’s time to close out summer.
The last little eggplant hides shy among
the sweet yellow/green/orange/red peppers
banana variants, mostly,
and the bowl of heat, chilli & jalapeno,
and sweet poblano.
The last tomatoes on the vine
and unready clusters of red and orange cherries;
while still ripening on the sill, last week’s blacks and oranges.
Rosemary was just going from her summer on the porch
to upstairs winter quarters,
but she shared a few springs on her way,
invited herself to dinner.
Just for drill,
drained the hoses,
drained the valves,
checked the heater in the pump room.
Ready, not ready, I guess.
Winter is icummen in, lhude sing gol darn.
Everything is mowed.
