Musings

While the Pacific spawned Typhoon Nanmadol, and the Atlantic Hurricane Fiona, both active today (along with an earthquake in Mexico and I don’t know what else worldwide), here it was breezy and sunny—just a gorgeous autumn day.

In fact, it was so pleasant we went to town, used the laundro for two big loads, and hung them out. All before noon. During the half-hour when the washers are busy, we scoot down the alley to a groc store (under fourth-generation ownership—small town), get a few necessities, and return to unload the washers and head home. We are efficient.

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I’m often amazed at how the photographic image from my phone differs from my live perception of the moment. What I saw—or focused on—was a small area of sunshine on the field at distant center. I can only barely see it here, when squinting. Instead the sky is menacing and grey, which I did not notice.

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When the morning begins this overcast, with ground fog, I figure there’s a good chance it’ll never get sunny.

So, I captured this kind of sunny.

Then, the weather changed, and it did get sunny. Now, however, I can hear thunder in the distance, although my watch-weather indicates there’ll be no rain tonight.

Hah. Using old-fashioned science, I stuck my nose out and, joke’s on me, it is raining.

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I’m calling this Raggedy Susan. Not a doll.

Raggedy is symbolic of what is happening to summer here right now. Still very pleasant, and, also, this is the time of the summer when the mosquitos are absent—yay!

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The weather predictions had me worried that precip might drift in as we attended a potluck at the next lake south of us. It was windy, yes, enough to blow the smoke of the fire here and there, but no rain. I’m guessing these came from a tree at the contributor’s place, but I neglected to ask. Took my back to my childhood. We put up quarts of these and also froze halves by the pound from our tree. These had that golden almost crystalline tender sweetness. Best plums, consistently, and yet rarely in the store.

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I’m calling this a shadow selfie. Except my shadow, on the lower trunk, is vague. So, rather a failure. [Very warm early morning light—so golden and special—and enough that the shadow should be more obvious. And now, as darkness arrives, it’s lightly raining.

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Windless nights yield heavy dew, and, even if a wind kicks up when the sun comes, the grass stays wet for a long time. Backlit dewdrops are gems.

Despite most of the leaves still being green, a few have become dramatic harbingers of changes to come.

Posted at 6:35 PM | Comments Off on Clues in nature

Where we live when we are not here, we do not see sunsets unless we trek away from the house to a place with sky-view to the west. Which is neither easy nor super-close-by.

So, it cannot be surprising that I am enamored of the sunset views we can easily get to…if we leave this cozy-cottage, and walk just a few steps west. Where the sky is wide open and…can look like this.

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When I looked at the forecast for today yesterday, and even this morning, I thought it would be rainy all day. Actually, it was overcast and wet, and there was rain, but much of the day was without.

Anyway, we’re in the autumn mushroom season—which does not include morels or boletus, which I would eat, but I don’t know if this kind is edible, so I photoed and left it for turtles or whatever non-humans might dine on it.

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The blush is rising on the apples. And they’re getting sweeter.

The lupine pods have gone grey and exploded, dispersing their seeds.

Not all fall color is leaves.

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