“Though the calendar says autumn is here, the faint scent of summer roses still lingers in the air. It is so with life: One gift appears but another fades.”
The publishers of my “Birds of North America” calendar had no source for the Sept. 24 quote. The page drew my attention because the bird of the day was a male Painted Bunting.
Painted Buntings are long gone. Some summer hummers still hang in the air. Waltzing fireflies outcompeted the competition on “Dancing with the Stars” on the Monday night of the debates (if you ask me).
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