Beauty in Plant Death

On Monday, the last day of summer, we had our coldest night of the season, where we measured a low of 0.1 deg C at the house. Today, we had our warmest day of the summer (measured at 32.8 deg C at the house), yet it was actually the second day of fall. The way that summer failed to make a punctual arrival has made this lingering warmth in September that much more sweet, but it will soon end. And so will the verdant life of our garden plot. Previous to the chill, a combination of decreasing light, mildew, other fungi and insects had already begun to sap the vibrancy of the foliage, and now it has accelerated. This light frost seemed to affect mostly the squash and pole bean leaves. The combination of these factors has created its' own strange beauty in the withering leaves, if you look closely enough.