Random little pieces of August

Sep 01, 2016 19:26

The geranium (well, actually Pelargonium) on our balcony, 27 August.


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maxauburn September 1 2016, 20:17:14 UTC
Beautiful pics.

September got here awfully fast, in my opinion.

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tilia_tomentosa September 2 2016, 00:24:26 UTC
Thank you! :)

I'm glad that we finally got rid of the worst heat, but I'm not ready for the migratory birds to fly away. :(

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puddleshark September 2 2016, 10:31:19 UTC
Beautiful bright pelargonium! I must try some of those in pots next summer.

Temperatures here have been below 10C at night, still up in the mid 20s during the day. It's dark now on our early morning dog walks. In another week or so the tawny owls will be calling and then it will feel like autumn.

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tilia_tomentosa September 2 2016, 22:56:16 UTC
Ouch, below 10C! That would be way too cold for me at this time of year!

It's hard to believe that the house martins will be gone in... maybe somewhere in between two or three weeks from now, although I can see how they are forced to go to "bed" earlier and earlier as they don't fly even in semi-darkness. And looking at a sky so full of swifts, it's even harder to imagine that they will be gone too some time in October. I miss the migratory birds terribly all winter. *sigh*

(I don't think I've ever heard a tawny owl, by the way, but I can't be sure.)

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puddleshark September 5 2016, 08:07:03 UTC
No swifts here, but the house martins and the swallows are busy hoovering up craneflies from the fields to fuel their journey south.

Tawny Owls are the ones you hear as background noises in spooky movies - the females make a kew-itt! noise, and the males go whoooo!

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