November

"The thinnest yellow light of November is more warming 
and exhilarating than any wine they tell of."

~   Henry David Thoreau

Happy Halloween!

THE GHOST OF A FLOWER

"You're what?" asked the common or garden spook 

Of a stranger at midnight's hour.

 And the shade replied with a graceful glide,

 "Why, I'm the ghost of a flower."

"The ghost of a flower?" said the old-time spook; 

"That's a brand-new one on me; 

I never supposed a flower had a ghost, 

Though I've seen the shade of a tree."

-Anonymous