Tuesday, September 6, 2011

The Last Rose Of Summer


















"'Tis the last rose of summer,
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone."-   Thomas Moore, The Last Rose of Summer, 1830




Every September the last rose of summer loses her petals. On this Labor Day my roses are losing their soft velvet petals  to the September wind and rain of Tropical Storm Lee from the Gulf of Mexico. I must not complain, for the storm brought an end to the three digit temperatures and month long drought. The entire month of August brought less than an inch of rain, while Labor Day brought six inches. 
My son, daughter-in-law, grandson and sister and brother-in-law came for the weekend. We celebrated the first football game of the season with a brunch on campus and a birthday celebration for our son with a backyard barbecue. 
So as we say goodbye to summer and welcome September we have the lovely autumn colors to look forward to.


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The Last of Summer's Roses







Gameday







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