Wednesday 20 October 2010

Autumn

The autumn leaves are stunning this year, we've had lots of bright sunny days that display the changing colours perfectly. Mr FF and I spent the weekend chopping down and logging an unwanted tree in the garden, makes me feel so smug that the tree was a little cutting, filled the garden nicely until it got too large and now the wood is seasoning to keep us warm some future winter.
Lovely as all this is, somehow I can't settle into the season, you might think a girl who woke to this view from her bedroom window would be up and out there. I should be clearing the tomatoes plants out of the greenhouse, planting bulbs, making my Christmas cake, enjoying lighting the stove in the afternoon, snuggling up, knitting, all those things but I'm so restless. All I'm doing is sweeping up the fallen leaves to add to the compost and trying to keep the garden going just a big longer.
The season may be changing but I'm not adapting, I'm still in summer mode. Chatting to Mr FF yesterday we discovered we'd both been thinking about Palm Springs and how fantastic it would be to spend a couple of winter months there. If only. I must stop dreaming of flip flop days and come to terms with the fact I'm wearing socks and two woolly jumpers, but oh those golden sandals and painted toe nails speak to me more than a mountain of crispy fallen leaves ever will.

11 comments:

  1. I'm never ready to leave summer either - I don't mind Autumn so much, but winter seems to be around for more than its fair share of time!!!! Love the photos of your toes. xxx

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  2. Seasonal transitions can be hard, especially as the year ends--with days shorted, darker, colder...bbbrrr... I'll be having my own flip flop dreams too, so can very much relate, Jenny. :o) Winter especially can be long & hard here. daydreaming of warmer days lifts the spirits sometimes.I try to find the joys in all season though--try to! Daydream... it's good to dream! LOVE your autumn photos...very pretty moments. Happy Days ((HUGS)

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  3. I don't mind the arrival of autumn, but it feels so wintery here today, I'm really hoping that it's not going to be a repeat of last year. Just get yourself all snuggled up with your knitting, and dream of warmer times again next year!

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  4. Your autumnal photographs are gorgeous but like you I do not relish leaving summer behind :(

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  5. The leaves look so beautiful just now, but the temperature is heralding winter, unfortunately. I'd love to go somewhere warm and exotic just now, but like you, will have to be content with dreams :-)

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  6. I don't dread the cooler weather as much as the short days. Very depressing for me, going to work in the dark and returning home in the dark.
    In a few weeks I'm going to Florida with my Grands...no beach for me, though. Even when I lived there I only went near the water when it was March through September!

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  7. You are right - the autumn colours are glorious, but I have never liked autumn. I could have summer all year round.

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  8. I love that stash of wood - I'd love to have a real fire.

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  9. Actually I much prefer the colder seasons but even I'm a bit unsettled this autumn. Might have something to do with the fact that none of my cool weather clothes fit.

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  10. Autumn's been glorious so far, but I hate it when the clocks go back. Love your little tootsies on the beach!

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  11. Oh all that wood is going to make for one cozy fire... maybe you can wear your flipflops indoors then?

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