Kitten And The Falling Leaves

The warm musky softness of fur and the wood-dry freshness of autumn leaves. See the kitten on the wall, sporting with the leaves that fall, Withered leaves—one—two—and three, from the lofty elder-tree! Through the calm and frosty air, of this morning bright and fair . . . —But the kitten, how she starts; Crouches, stretches, paws, and darts! First at one, and then its fellow, just as light and just as yellow; There are many now—now one—now they stop and there are none; What intenseness of desire, in her upward eye of fire! -- William Wordsworth Art: Cat with Tomato Plant by Hiroaki Takahashi, c. 1931