It’s Autumn -
usually my favourite season when the days are clear and mellow, perfect for
walking, and the trees put on their stunning colour display. Not so this year –
it’s been wet or overcast and cold. Most of the leaves have stayed a muddy
yellow green or have just turned brown and fallen off. I haven’t been able to
do any walking either.
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| Not much autumn colour this year - Mostly everything looks like this |
Only the reds have
shown up clearly, like gleaming jewels, amid the browns and greens and the berries have done well too. My son has
a scientific explanation. The leaves have
more anthocyanins and the plants are developing more sugar, but what does it
mean? There are rumours of a warmish winter to come. Are the berries for the
birds because they won’t need to migrate? Who knows, but it is different this
year.
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| There is almost nothing flowering, but there are lots of berries |
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| Something for the birds? |
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| Warm Winter? Cold Winter? What does the abundance of berries mean? |
All is quiet and
static as if Nature is holding her breath.
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| Children frolic among the fallen leaves |
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