Wild Geese Flying

A few flocks of timid Canadian geese have begun to fly South; their honking echoes reach our ears through the chilly air, and mark the beginning of Fall. The geese always serve as a signpost to the changing seasons of Spring and Fall, because they never stick around. They always pass through-- escaping the cold in one season, and the heat in the other. I was thinking recently about how the seasons here do not blend-- the most distinct characteristic of where we live is, in fact, the changing of the seasons...