The vines and the maples are red, scarlet, carmine, cerise, magenta, all the hues of flame.

The oak leaves are turning russet gold, and the sycamores are yellow green.

Up on the desert the other day I rode across a patch of asters, lilac and lavender, almost purple.

I had to get off and pluck a handful.

And then what do you think?
I dug up the whole bunch, roots and all, and planted them on the sunny side of my cabin.