Now that the terrible heatwave has gone, our days have still been warm, we've continued to swim, and most of our mornings now look like the misty picture below.
In fact our mornings now look like Autumn, smell like Autumn, and feel like Autumn. The Autumn aroma here is delicious. The air smells fresh, earthy, and full of promise. It will soon be September, and that is exactly how our September early mornings should be.
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The Sunflower heads are slowly drying, the Maize is looking good, and no doubt the sound of gunfire from the Chasseurs, and the sight of mushroom hunters with large baskets, is not too far off also.
The trees are full of fruit. We now have mountains of Peaches, more Figs than we could ever eat, Grapes, and Apples and Pears by the barrow-load. And all that, just as we're about to leave.
Normally I'd be bottling and freezing, but there's little point. In fact my days of preserving for the Winter are over.
My first sight in the mornings is now of mist hanging over the distant trees. I find it quite nostalgic and invigorating. The seasons change, and another one is just beginning.
Lucky you. So Autumn is coming as it should. Those misty fields look wonderful to me. We are in the grips of another heatwave but rain broadcast in a few days. I wonder when autumn will arrive in Greece.
ReplyDeleteWhat on earth are you going to do with all that fruit? No use putting it on the compost even, you don't have a garden
It's still around 25C here, but the early mornings are misty, and everything smells different. As for the fruit, it will stay where it drops. We have a friend coming to stay whilst we're away so maybe he'll have some of it.
DeleteI'm rather envious of 'the friend'.
ReplyDeleteSo am I. He'll be enjoying the house, and I won't.
DeleteWhat a wonderful description of autumn. I miss such days so much but it will take a long time for them to arrive.
ReplyDeleteAutumn is a lovely season here, filled with fruits, chestnuts, and 'usually' mushrooms. Sadly we won't be here to enjoy it, but we'll be happy elsewhere.
DeleteWell! If your autumn is coming, our spring should be coming but not by the weather here.
ReplyDeleteDon't blink; it'll be with you in a flash.
DeleteWe haven't had chance to enjoy a decent summer here yet!
ReplyDeleteYou surprise me. We've had a belter here, and it's still around 25 C. We're still swimming every day.
DeleteNicely written with a palpable sense of loss and time passing.
ReplyDeleteI always find the beginning of Autumn very emotional. I suppose it's the passing of Summer, knowing that I'll need to wait another 8 months or more before the warm weather returns.
DeleteThere is likely still more summer here before it really cools off
ReplyDeleteStill warm and sunny here, but the early mornings have totally changed.
DeleteAt 6 AM, our mornings are a little cooler. The air is still warm and the heat rises quickly. By the afternoon, it is 90 degrees F. Our leaves are green, yet some are turning brown and falling. Acorns are falling too. It is said, Fall color will not be good.
ReplyDeleteStill very green here. Even the grass is starting to turn green again after a small amount of recent rain.
DeleteIt is getting a little bit more "fallish" each day here in Illinois (USA). I love fall so it makes me happy!
ReplyDeleteI shall miss reading of your bottling and jamming and especially your mushrooming.
ReplyDeleteWe had a few Girolle omelettes when we first got back, but since then nothing. I shall miss my morning sorties looking for Cepes.
DeleteI think it feels rather odd to be in the depths of Autumn in August. Our trees were shedding their leaves like mad last week as they were really stressed because of the exceptionally hot weather and trees in our road had a carpet of orange leaves on the ground around them. After the downpour, they must have felt so much better as we haven't seen many leaves since it rained ! I'm not quite ready for Autumn but I guess I'll just have to be. XXXX
ReplyDeleteUp at the barn we have a wonderful Weeping Willow which seemed to shed half its leaves about a month ago. After the recent small amount of rain it looks a tiny bit better. Otherwise it's mostly the wild Cherry trees which are looking bare, but they're always earlier than the others.
DeleteIt's a real shame to waste all that fruit. Can you not offer it to locals? Or stay a few weeks extra and eat at least some of it. I'm bothered here by a few trees that have many mandarins and lemons on them, too high to easily pick and the people in those houses don't seem to care. I'd be getting up a ladder and sharing that fruit if they were my trees. I remember taking bags full of sun ripened peaches to work when I lived where there was a tree in the backyard. We all ate peaches every day for weeks.
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