Reminders that summer is passing
Evenings are getting darker
Days, although they don’t feel it, are getting shorter
Berries of all colours Nature’s reminders
Everything comes to an end
Reminders that summer is passing
Reminders that seasons must change
Indian summer anyone? I’ll live in hope
Ever hopeful for just a little more of summer’s warmth
Seasons come and seasons go…
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Blood red you hang in the sun
Enchantingly autumnal in colour
Reminding me that summer has passed
Reminding me that seasons change
Indicators of cooler days and darker nights
Emotionally I’m not ready for those…not yet
Selfishly I want to hold onto the warmth and the light a little longer
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Summer’s end in sight
Ever hopeful of some late sunshine
Preparing for a colourful autumn
Trees changing colour before your eyes
Early sunsets create fiery skies
Memories of long light nights fading
Beginning to dread winter’s dark chill
Emotions in turmoil as the seasons change
Remembering…always remembering…
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NO!…. I’m not ready for summer to be over for another year 😥
I love summer. I love the light nights, the long days, the sunshine…even the smell of summer rain. Well, I live in Scotland after all LOL
There is no denying it though…summer is slipping away all too quickly. Even Mother Nature is leaving hints for us. Look!
Maybe we’ll get an Indian summer…. ever the optimist 🙂
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There’s a certain stillness to the evenings now that summer is ebbing away. The air is cooler. The beach is quieter.
I use my daily meandering as time to think, time to reflect, time to daydream. It’s my “me time”.
Occasionally I’ll set myself a photo challenge as I’m wandering along, partly to give myself something to “focus” on.
Recently the challenge was “berries”
How many sleeps til summer returns?…….
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Autumn colours swathe the world
Uncertain times still upon us
Time for resilience
Unknowns…so many unknowns lie ahead
More than I care to contemplate
Now to watch and wait to see what Autumn brings
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There’s no denying it….Summer has slipped by all too fast.
The mornings are darker, the evenings are darker, the sun isn’t quite as hot as it was a couple of weeks ago…there’s an Autumnal feel to the world.
However, my patio garden isn’t letting go of Summer without a fight- a colour fight!
Even, Sioux, is still holding onto his Summer “brown rather than black” look.
Till next year, Lady Summer.
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Sometimes you need to hit “pause” and just escape into the great outdoors.
It’s no secret – I love the sun, regardless of how hot or cold the air temperature may be. While I much prefer a hot sunny summer day, I can’t resist the crisp cold sunny days of Autumn.
Recently one such day lured me out for a long walk with my camera.
We spend so much of our lives rushing from A to B, glued to our laptops, or browsing social media on our phones that we forget to hit “pause” and actually look up and appreciate the world around us.
It’s amazing what you see when you just open your eyes ….. here, take a look!
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I’ve been reflecting and thinking….. (Oh, no! Here she goes! I hear you cry!)
Life is busy. Life is chaotic. It’s demanding on us mentally and physically. We are overloaded on a daily basis with information thanks to the technology that we have at our fingertips. It’s terrifying the amount of information that we carry around in our pockets without a second thought about it. At the touch of the screen, we can connect with friends all over the world and see snapshots of their lives. Web cams allow us to “peek” live time into cities and beaches and who knows where else the world over. We even have devices in our own homes that we talk to…”Alexa, play songs by….” Sometimes she even does as she’s asked. (My Alexa is developing an attitude)
So, how often do you actually press “pause” and look at the world around you, the real world?
This thought first struck me a few weeks back as I strolled through a largely deserted Dublin on a Sunday morning. It’s struck me a few times since.
Autumn (Fall, if you prefer) is a myriad of colours. Have you even noticed? Did it even cross your mind to look?
I did….. and here’s some of the colours I found.
So, next time you go for a walk, keep your phone in your pocket and look at the world around you instead of the screen. You might be pleasantly surprised.
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When did you last pause in your hectic day to look around you and appreciate the beauty of the Autumn colours?
They are spectacular!
Much as I love a hot sunny summer’s day, a crisp sunny Autumn day comes a close second. I was out for a meander at lunchtime today and that was when the variety of colours that Mother Nature has created for us really struck me.
The sun was hitting the leaves of the trees around the area where the salt mine is and they were positively glowing gold. There were scarlet berries in the hedgerow. Some of the green plants and bushes were turning to their autumn orange and reds. Oh so pretty!
It’s as though we’re being treated to a last colourful display before the dark days of winter are upon us.
If you haven’t looked around you, here’s a few photos to remind you of what you are missing.
Coral McCallum 