autumn approaches

It’s getting CHILLY in the evenings now and we have noticed that waking up is harder, as the sun isn’t showing until around 7.00 am(rather than around 5, in the good old summer time!)

We went for our usual walk this morning and saw that some little maples in the park are already starting to turn red…

Harvey took this picture(he really has the eye for composition and we agreed how wonderful the trees looked against the fir trees.)

The only thing is, I am not READY for autumn; I haven’t adjusted my internal clock to accept that summer is indeed, just about over. I want the sun to be shining early in the morning AND late in the evening. I want to have all the windows open wide, day AND night. I want to hear the stealthy noises coming up from the garden at night, to know that some animal is enjoying our vegetable garden; crunching away on radishes and inhaling the sweet young lettuces. I want to smell the warmth of the summer mornings and to sit on the deck with a steaming cup of coffee and to feel the breeze coming over from the park, carrying the scent of dry firs and summer grasses.

But in autumn, there is one thing I do look forward to and that is the apples.

This is the neighbour’s apple tree(they never prune it, so it is a bit scraggly but lots of fruit this year.)

Apples are late coming in to the stores this year, but it looks like it is going to be a wonderful harvest, as the conditions were nearly perfect.