Oh, October!!!

 Harvest Moon waning against the morning sky

It is the season of color

 Decorative Maples ablaze

 Lapping up the sun with tongues of flame

Shaming Oaks into joining the parade

 Purple Aster blooming in the wild

 So frilly, delicate, sensual

 Arranged by nature in stunning bouquets

 With abundant Goldenrod

 Lovely lavender-colored petals fanning out

 Hues of red and green, mingled overhead

 Walnuts, leaves gone yellow, ready to drop

 So much beauty

 Lingering, so precious

 So...silly!

 I love sheep

 In case you hadn't heard

 And cows, though this is a bit much...

 Anyway, sky-blue Chicory blossoms

 Brighten the roadsides, still

 As barns and bean fields turn, age

 Back-lit by autumn splendor

 Bits of farms, houses gone

 Still gracing our Ohio

 A land of hardwoods

 And wild-eyed cows

 Cornfields and treelines

 Orange

 Red

 Yellow

Oh, to take it all in, a visual murmuration! 

Sheer bliss.