Petey laments the loss of light.
Rubber Rabbitbrush is a wonderful native shrub of the uplands. The golden yellow blooms atop gray stems in the fall always attract a myriad of pollinators who have no problems with short days. Probably a lesson there.
Amy and Derrick Ross played music every chance they had and spread much joy. Probably a lesson there.
Petey peers into an old bird nest in a tree and discovers the work of a deer mouse.
Ms. Mesquitey discovers a hog-nosed skunk in the hen house and wakes Petey up to share the news.
I grew up in the land of the black walnut, Juglans nigra. And if you grew up in the eastern US, then you did...