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Getting There
Sep. 6th, 2009 11:18 pmA cooler evening quiets the cicadas, though it fails to silence them. Their buzzing becomes intermittent. The undisturbed moments between their outbursts are a delightful hint of the coming peace of autumn. Another indication of the waning of summer is that the feral kittens, who have lately taken to sleeping apart, are now heaped together again, napping on a rug near the house, which provides them with some protection from the chilly night breezes.
When colder weather arrives I suspect they will take shelter in the shed where they spent many nights last spring. They'll no longer be able to fit into the box they used then, though. They are already quite large, and this afternoon I briefly mistook the largest of them for his mother. She has returned after being missing for a couple of nights, and the kittens seem happy to see her even though she no longer nurses them. They now seem happy to see me, too, whenever I go out. The brave kitten now meows at me once in a while, and all three will rush to within a few feet of me when they see me filling their dish.
I think I'll have to close the windows before midnight tonight. There's definitely a touch of autumn in the air. I even heard the honks of geese flying overhead shortly before sunset, as they returned to the valley after a day probably spent at some mountain lake. It's only September, but I'm already feeling October's approach. I welcome it.
( Sunday Verse )
When colder weather arrives I suspect they will take shelter in the shed where they spent many nights last spring. They'll no longer be able to fit into the box they used then, though. They are already quite large, and this afternoon I briefly mistook the largest of them for his mother. She has returned after being missing for a couple of nights, and the kittens seem happy to see her even though she no longer nurses them. They now seem happy to see me, too, whenever I go out. The brave kitten now meows at me once in a while, and all three will rush to within a few feet of me when they see me filling their dish.
I think I'll have to close the windows before midnight tonight. There's definitely a touch of autumn in the air. I even heard the honks of geese flying overhead shortly before sunset, as they returned to the valley after a day probably spent at some mountain lake. It's only September, but I'm already feeling October's approach. I welcome it.
( Sunday Verse )
