coming and going

Signs that Summer is still here:

the leaves are green

...even if the glacier will always remain a whitish blue:

moose calves are still our neighbors:

sweatshirts are blasphemous

(even if your arms have goosebumps!):

bees are still buzzing:

California Poppies are still basking:

...

Signs that Summer is leaving:

wild daisies are few and far between along the sidewalks:

fireweed is no longer a brilliant shade of magenta.

It now looks like kindle you'd use to start a fire:

leaves and berries are darkening:

you can't tell if you like butter or not,

instead, you make a wish:

Buckwheat begins practicing his "black-cat" stance:

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