8

Delicate crystals
fringing each crackling leaf
moments after dawn

9

Darkness before dawn
lap full of warm purring cat
my meditation

10

Afternoon sunlight
acorns skitter underfoot
my daughter comes home

11

Watercolor clouds
float in the frosty breezes
November sunrise

12

Steely gray cloudscape
japanese maple burning
fire in the foreground

13

Ten thousand fallen
leaves carpet the still-green lawn
dried seedheads explode

14

Stained glass light through leaves
washes salmon, creamsicle,
colors of the dawn