Early morning, late August

[puddleshark]

Morning walks through the forest are autumnal. The heather and dwarf gorse still in flower, but there's a chill in the air, a thin layer of mist hanging over the marshes. And a silence. The birds have raised their broods and are no longer singing.

The sun rises and the spiderwebs catch the light.

Comments

[heleninwales]

Now you mention it, the birds are quiet now in the morning. There's still twittering through the day, but the actual singing had gone -- and I never noticed.

[puddleshark]

It has been really noticeable on my morning walks this past week, the silence. But I expect the robins will start singing again soon, when they've finished their moult.

[adafrog]

Peaceful.

[puddleshark]

Very peaceful. Apart from where the occasional really ambitious spider has strung a web across the path at head height - then there might be startled human noises.

[adafrog]

Oh yeah.

[55nika]

and I notice that the birds (I don’t have time to understand which ones) are circling in flocks at high speed, it would seem pointlessly - why? as if they are arranging maneuvers to fly far away

the sun went down to the horizon, its warmth became slightly cool and sad

[puddleshark]

I have not seen the swallows gathering here yet, so perhaps summer is not quite over.

But there is autumnal feel to the landscape - ripe blackberries in the hedges, and people setting out boxes of free windfall apples by the road.

[55nika]

The blackberries in my garden are beginning to ripen. This is the second summer she has grown with me. The "harvest" is still very small. I ate some berries last summer. Maybe (I hope) this summer I will collect a glass...))

[puddleshark]

))

Maybe there will be a blackberry and apple (mostly apple) pie?

[changeling72]

It really has felt like autumn recently.

[puddleshark]

It suddenly went all warm again this morning, after a week of it being really really chilly on my morning walks through the forest. I suppose summer is coming back now the kids are back at school.