This week has been beautiful up north. We had 26 degree weather today, which is warm even for July or August. And it's October! I layed out in my backyard with shortsleaves and read a book and ate chips. And gazed at the lovely yellow of my backyard tree. Dawson Creek is so yellow in October and it happens so quickly too. A few days and my tree goes from green to bright sunny yellow.
I've been going for walks and drives to see the lovely leaves. There is nothing prettier than blue sky against yellow leaves. And I also know that soon it will be white against white so I am getting my fill while I can.
It is strange though, as the last week of September was cold. I know there must have been at least one frost. Not because I was up early enough to see it, but because my flowers in the backyard turned black one day. And my sweet peas--which took until September to bloom--started to shrivel up too.
But, we had one last mow of the lawn, and now it is time to wait. Wait for snow and minus 40 degrees. Fall is definitely the time of waiting up north. Of getting your furnace working, your boots out, the extension cord ready to plug in the car, and your spring bulbs pulled out of the ground.
A tour of fall from my backyard:
2 comments:
Beautiful pictures!
We're having fall down in California, too. It almost rained on Saturday and we wore long sleeves yesterday on our walk, I could have used a sweater! (over my shorts and t shirt, of course)
Jenn
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