stormy weather welcome

stormy weather welcome

dawn breaks cold

winter's sun struggles

grey tone skies

blanketed 

clouds cruise

in rapid fashion

making way for

temps below

freezing

early morn campfire

fends frigid away

momentairily

for today is the day

preparations pay forward

coffee pours hot and strong

wood stacked high

garden put to bed

save for winter

greens and squash

persimmons ripened

as leaves changed

and fallen

shallow puddles glisten

under early light

skinny ice

costumes the ponds

geese and duck flights

continue southward journey

the buck falls

hogs slaughtered

root cellars checked twice

soon the tables

are to be set festive

as

the old man winter

makes known

i'm back