Musings of an author 😀
The Elephants’ Ears. No idea what the latin name is. Aye caramba, gringo, los earos des elephanties probably.
The elephants’ ears are turning, the brass monkeys are running around with their paws down their trousers and looking worried and yonder farmers are struggling against the weather to get their crops in. In short, tis autumn in England. Someone flipped the switch. The evenings are short, the days are deliciously cool and the nights are cold. Leaves are turning to reds, golds and yellows and taking flying leaps from the branches to fill the lanes. I am seriously considering being sewn into my winter longjohns in the coming week or so, whenever next my Savile Row tailors can fit me in.
It’s fascinating to watch the confusion of nature as the seasons collide like tectonic plates. Leaves? Tick. Temperature? Tick. Oh bugger – I forgot the berries (most of which are…
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Where did summer go? All the leaves are falling in Missouri 😦 But I love the cooler weather!
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They’re starting to fall in UK as well 😱
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It is beautiful though! Early winter this year I believe…haven’t seen the colors this year and usually is the middle of October before the leaves fall!
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Same here, green one week, yellow/brown the next, but no mix of colours yet…
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No more fresh tomatoes either 😦
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Only imports 😱
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Thanks Chris! Just to prove that this really is England, we’re back to blue sky and sunshine again today! Tomorrow it may snow… 😉
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Yep – Autumn tends not to hang around for long – or Summer for that matter 😀
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I live in Florida and it’s been unseasonably cool this summer. We’re not set up for the kind of winters 300+ miles north of us. People would panic if they saw a snow flake down here.
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Two snowflakes would be an APOCALYPSE there I suspect 😀 😀 😀
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Lovely piece. Thanks for sharing, Chris.
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Welcome Suzanne, I enjoy Ian’s mind wanderings LOL 😀
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