Garden Bloggers Muse Day – November 2008

Marmalade Sunset

Intense sunset hour,
magnificent pigment changes
of golden orange shades
bursting forth from
a flaming sphere
that hangs suspended
on its rays of light.

A honey glowing
amber scene
streaked against
a backdrop of beauty,
like warm marmalade
dripping thickly
from a mason jar
across the horizon,
the picture remains
preserved in my mind
forever.

© Cathy Faist

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This sunset photo was taken last evening just after the sun had dipped below the horizon.  I think November sunsets, with their orange and fuchsia paints brushed over a canvas of grays, are among the most beautiful of the year, and this poem seemed to illustrate the photo perfectly, as it truly does look like “marmalade dripping thickly from a Mason jar.”

As for what’s left in the garden this November 1st?  The geraniums continue to put forth buds, even though on frosty mornings, their little heads are bowed in defeat.  I rescued a few bud stalks before the cold got to them and they opened, like a colorful gift, in this little vase.

JOIN GARDEN BLOGGER’S MUSE DAY, HOSTED BY CAROLYN GAIL!