Grief arrives like a mist across the fields. Bees brave the morning chill to work the last of the marjoram. The suprise swallow nest, above the shop door, is empty. There's a metal taste in my mouth. It's like the tea I used to get from the Friends stall at my local hospital. Left. Over-stewed. Late Summer throws her gifts at us with outrageous generosity. Plenty beyond reason Harvest beyond measure.
In the Oriental medicine tradition, Autumn is the season most associated with the element if Metal. Late Summer is associated with the element of Earth.