The long goodbye

[tilia_tomentosa]

19 September was the last day of… not exactly summer, but the transitional period between summer and autumn. I knew we were unlikely to get any more of mostly summer weather, so I celebrated it by wearing a summer dress I had managed to put on only a couple of times this year. It was the last of those almost summer-hot, but somehow distinctly

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[changeling72]

Lovely to see the summer birds and flowers active so late in the season.

We had a beautiful sunny day yesterday - but so cold!

[tilia_tomentosa]

Thank you! :) We are now having relatively warmer days, but it's too late to hope for warm nights at this time of year.

I didn't see any swifts in the sky today, and I wonder if they are gone, or I looked at the sky at the wrong times (I din't mange to go out before dark, so I only looked through the windows). They go so silent in October that one has to actively look for them.

[dan4behr]

We are finally getting a taste of autumn... at long last.

It's been much warmer than normal (often 85f/29c) for most of October - and other than remnants of Hurricane Matthew some weeks ago, completely dry.

I saw some "One year ago" today pictures on FB and noticed the trees were either full of colour or had completely lost their leaves by this time last year. We're still mostly green although it was starting to change as of this weekend. There were even a few white blossoms here and there in the crepe myrtle tree in my front yard! Unbelievable!

[tilia_tomentosa]

Wow, it's a miracle to see you on LJ! :P

Wow, I want to see those blossoms in your crepe myrtle tree!

So our trees are braver - or more cold-resistant? All those cold days in October didn't seem to make things much different than they were last year.