Warring species, glass bottles, September's mantle

Taste: Mother's homemade tart applesauce with cinnamon; watermelon and mint  
Sight: Crater Lake, Kraken, Hunter's Pomegranate; mise en place; a bouquet pink and red roses with Lady's Mantle, Alchemilla; bright September stars, half-lit moon, a rectangle of yellow light inside where the writer, writes  
Sound: the cat laps; yipping, hissing  
Touch: shoulder bones, ribs, concave stomach
Smell: fall approaching  
Extra: "To begin to understand the gorgeous fever that is consciousness, we must try to understand the senses and what they can tell us about the ravishing world we have the privilege to inhabit." — Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses  
Grateful for: willpower