Goodbye, September … Hello, October
The October beach begins to reveal its wilder side while the slightly cooler air still feels soft as summer. The children have gone off to get their education and the beach is left to the dog walkers, sand joggers, shell pickers, migrating birds.
No red and golden leaf displays yet to wow us here, but still
And perhaps the most shocking fall color of all … pink! the color of Roseate spoonbills.
The October beach begins to reveal its wilder side while the slightly cooler air still feels soft as summer. The children have gone off to get their education and the beach is left to the dog walkers, sand joggers, shell pickers, migrating birds.
Sand pails and bright beach umbrellas are gone but all the toys are not put away quite yet.
Sailboats await the weekenders returning from the cities, seeking to relax and squeeze a bit more beach time out of the waning year.
No red and golden leaf displays yet to wow us here, but still
Nature lavishes color upon us …
Splashes of royal purple,
beauty berry bushes
fairly glow
along the trail
to the beach.
Bright and sunny brown-eyed Susans and morning glories crouch among the dune grasses.
And perhaps the most shocking fall color of all … pink! the color of Roseate spoonbills.
A group of this year’s young spoonbills feast on seafood on the tidal flats, then rest on one leg to digest their brunch. Egrets, both Great and Snowy, share their spot, all reflected in the blues of the clear October sky.
My Northerner’s heart loves and craves the oranges and golds, the yellows and greens, of a cooler autumn while still enjoying a very different but beautiful one here in coastal South Carolina.
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