The harvest is in-reaped and stored
All that's left to witness is lines across the fields.
The cattle will feed well this coming winter
their long seclusion shut up in the big barn.
But that is a way off, a couple of months yet
to still roam the island. The signs of winter
are early though, the geese are gathering
in flocks and hoards. The swans are arriving
flown all the way from Russia. And the
sycamores have been shedding leaves
hunkering down for a few weeks now.
We have not had deep snow for awhile
but the signs are telling this year.