Which Month?

Wood #113 Earl Plato

Edwin Way Teale had two favorite months - May and June. This is what he said about them.
“ Here at Trail Wood there is always a tug=of-war between two months - May and October. Which brings the finest hours of the year? On some mid-October day when we stand in the sunshine breathing in the crisp air of fall surrounded by the glory of the fall foliage. I am sure we will vote for the tenth month of the year, But tonight watching these first fireflies, listening to the lone whip-poor-will in the darkness, savoring all the late May scents carried on the breeze, remembering the bird song and the wild flowers of the day. We have no doubts these are the best hours. These are the beat days. The minutes of very weeks e are living in, the hours and days of this fifth month are merging together into what - it seems to us now - surely must be the finest of all.”
Living in the Niagara peninsula I agree with the Teale’s concerning May.