Autumn

A cold mist drifts across the ground, bringing a musty smell from damp mulch where decay is found and most plants cannot dwell. Now through bold boughs autumn winds blow, stripping last leaves of green which then put on a colour show to bring a change of scene. To brittle foil those leaves soon turn. Metallic colours grow. Gold, copper, bronze, rusty iron Carpet the ground below. And now there comes a gusty spell. Horse chestnuts hit the ground and burst out of their spiky shell, spreading conkers around. Green acorns put on splendid show to seed future oak trees. But grey squirrels now come and go and bury most of these. But let us not forget fungi. Bracket fungus spreads wide. Ink caps shoot up to spray their dye and lethal redcaps hide.