Life is a Garden Party

Friday, October 16, 2020

Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest


Rainy weather or fair

fall is in the air.

Daily, leaves falling

as if trees undressing.


Never in a hurry, though,

for the process is rather slow

as one by one leaves float

sometimes laden with rain, soaked.


Quiet, except for the song

of plopping leaves on the lawn.

Something calming about this sound

as leaves pile up in a mound.


Other trees showcase their autumnal bounty

with red, yellow, or green apples pretty -

Cortland, Empire, Macintosh, Northern Spy,

Yellow Delicious, Granny Smith...my oh my!


When autumn rains cease,

Jack Frost shows his face

causing the leaves to fall faster

even as dusk arrives earlier.


Before Jack Frost comes to visit, though,

the garden is cleared of what still grows.

A cornucopia awaits

to one night fill your dinner plate.


Potatoes, winter squash, cabbage, carrots, and beets,

colorful nutrition grew under the summer heat

soaking in the goodness of summer.

Flavors to be savored this winter.


A bountiful harvest

of the garden’s finest

produce

for our use.


Oktoberfest, filled with activity,

though not from busy pollinating bees

for cooler temperatures

mean bees no longer tour.


Dates await one day soon

on sunny afternoons

when with rake in hand

these leaves are banned.


The quiet activity of drifting leaves

is replaced with raking up these decaying leaves.

The end of another season

has come too soon again, we reason.


It’s Indian Summer

according to old timers

when temperatures daily rise

thanks to the bright sun in the sky.


All too soon trees are bare

showcasing their underwear.

Skeleton limbs against the sky

outlined when the moon shines by and by.


Other skeletons seen late October

just before the advent of November.

Maybe a goblin or two

or a witch stirring ghoulish brew.


That means it’s already Halloween.

October 31st. Someone screams

trick or treat,” “trick or treat.”

Oktoberfest, it’s a treat!


* * * * *


Despite physical or emotional anguish

everyday is meant as a celebration, a fest,

as God’s gift of creation

is bestowed on us humans.


Creation which gave us sunlight

to provide warmth and to give us light;

nighttime for needed sleep

when stars twinkle as the moon rotates.


The refreshing rain that waters the earth

and brings forth the miracle of new birth

from seeds and plants which miraculously grow

for God intended that we reap what we sow.


The harvest of what we sow

carefully tended to grow.

A good return on our investment,

with a thank you prayer heaven sent.


Yes, we find, creation

is a celebration

of God’s many blessings

warranting thanksgiving.


You’ll find when you are thankful,

instead of being fearful,

that those doubts and worries will disappear

as a grateful heart will appear.


In the beginning

God created

the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1


...he who created the heavens and stretched them out,

who spread out the earth and all that comes out of it,

who gives breath to its people,

and life to those who walk on it...

Isaiah 42:5


Everyone who is called by my name,

whom I created for my glory,

whom I formed and made.

Isaiah 43:7


A man reaps what he sows...

Let us not become weary in doing good,

for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Galatians 6:7b,9


Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

his love endures forever.

Psalm 107:1


Give thanks in all circumstances,

for this is God’s will for you

in Christ Jesus.

I Thessalonians 5:18

Harvest of scarlet runner beans the day before frost.

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