Foliage fallen,
Just one robin is enough:
Self-sufficiency.

Bill Felker

EPHEMERIS
    The Second Spring Moon wanes throughout the period, becoming the Crow Gathering Moon at 11:55 a.m. on September 27. Rising after dawn, setting before sundown, the new moon is overhead at noon.  By December 1, it is visible in the evening, its horns pointing east.
     The sun entered Sagittarius on the 21st, having traveled three-fourths of its way from autumn equinox to winter solstice. Two hours before midnight, the sky carries the prophetic forms of early winter: the Pleiades, Taurus and Orion are rising, the Milky Way cuts across the sky from east to west, Andromeda lies directly overhead, and the Summer Triangle is setting.

NOTEBOOK FOR THE THIRD WEEK OF LATE FALL
     Major losses occur on beeches and pears as November ends. Sometimes oaks are the holdouts, sometimes forsythia or a hardy honeysuckle. Sometimes sweet gums and poplars keep a few leaves this late in the year; sometimes protected oak-leaf hydrangeas, Osage, mock orange, and lilacs outlast all the other trees and shrubs.
    New England aster and stonecrop foliage turned yellow in early November; now the plants are shedding. Late garden lettuce and the autumn growth of rhubarb have withered. Hosta leaves have collapsed into the remnants of maples, ginkgoes and white mulberries. The gooseneck has turned chocolate brown. Almost half the seeds are gone from milkweed pods. Dry pumpkin-brown heads of marigolds quiver in the wind. Fragile pokeweed stems have exploded in the frost. The last roses have been frozen by the coldest nights.
    Rosemary, sage, parsley, thyme, oregano, lavender and fat chard are still good for picking. Lamb’s ear is still soft and velvety gray; blush covers the wild geraniums. Strawberry leaves are turning red and orange. Lamium purpureum, dead nettle, is full of new growth and purple flowers. Pink azalea leaves forecast their spring blossoms. Collards and kale are strong in the vegetable garden, ready for December, their heavy leaves impervious to early winter, defiant against the cold.