A Book of the Seasons: August 27.

August 27.
Leaves of young maples
in water about the pond
are now quite scarlet.
August 27, 1852

Cooler nights of late,
the heat of the sun by day
local, palpable.
August 27, 1860

August 27, 2016

The nights have been cooler of late, but the heat of the sun by day has been more local and palpable. August 27, 1860

The leaves of some young maples in the water about the pond are now quite scarlet, running into dark purple-red. August 27, 1852

A Book of the Seasons, by Henry Thoreau

"A book, each page written in its own season,
out-of-doors, in its own locality."

~edited, assembled and rewritten by zphx © 2009-2015