Zoologist Northern Cardinal Travel SprayBranches lay bare against a grey sky. The gaiety of summer has given way to doldrums of fall, and as winter settles in, flocks take flight, like guests from a dwindling party. But one pair of revellers lingers on, he in crimson finery, she in demure tones. Among tattered streamers of copper leaves, they warble a merry duet. Around the cardinals' nest, tinsel icicles may have replaced vibrant blooms of roses, but as they feast on scarlet berries that

bearing gifts that bring smiles to faces dulled by winter’s chill

The tall trees long for summer's return

before casting you adrift on a wave of briny seaweed absolute

shrouded by smoky undertones of papyrus and ebony wood

the majestic eucalypt forest flattering every curve of the undulating landscape

you find yourself meandering through a shadowy corridor of bamboo

a melancholy tale told through tangy brine

Autumn winds skip across golden wheat fields

but something has

the butterfly eagerly flits forward

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Clouds of sweet honeyed fragrance