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| on late September walk 2017 |
Along the river's summer walk,
The withered tufts of asters nod;
And trembles on its arid stalk
the hoar plumb of the golden-rod.
--John Greeleaf Whittier, American poet (1807-1892)
I don't think I ever really noticed the true colors of September before. If red and green are December's colors and orange and black speak October, I suggest that September claims purple and yellow as her signature. The goldenrod blooming wildly next to purple asters have been beautiful on this month's walks. Interestingly, the colors are complementary, sitting opposite each other on the color wheel. As one source says: combining complementary colors "creates a vivid and energizing effect." I think so!
September: a bridge between summer and autumn, decorated so brightly. What a pretty picture. Maybe we should tuck the colors in our hair and step sprightly across that bridge as we skip into the last quarter of the year?
What complementary colors stir your energy bank?
"With daffodils mad footnotes for the spring,
And asters purple asterisks for autumn."
--Conrad Aiken, American writer/poet (1889-1973)
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