Fall Reflections

Our pond namesake Little Green Herons left about two months ago. I’m imagining they wanted to be among the first arrivals to their warm wintering grounds, but they could have stayed! Summer has just now given into Fall with its lovely cooler temps and easy sunny weather. In the heron’s place we’ve welcomed migrating Great Egrets, a Wood Duck couple, a Pied Billed Grebe, Gadwalls and the small divers, the Ring Necked Ducks.

The dock- due to heat, wind and very little rain sticks out of the water looking like a tall skinny legged kid wading in a puddle. Summer’s drought-y weather that has helped shrink the pond showcases the small Blue Gills that swim within the dock’s shadow and exposes the big Bull Frogs lazily sleeping along the shoreline. Like the Bull Frogs, I enjoy a bit of Autumn sun and sitting close to the pond. The water is so still and reflects all the wonderful hues of the turning leaves. The big waxy golden Cottonwood leaves, narrow pale green fronds of the Willows, now crispy from cool night temps, make accompanying lovely rustling music as I look out over the motionless water.

It is hard to tell where the sky and land end and their reflections begin on this still small pond. Clouds float on the water, in the sky, trees above and below display their changing colors. I think on the Summer just past and Winter weather to come, only fleetingly, as I savor Fall. Reflections at Green Heron Pond…

Autumn Afternoon Reflection