Autumn in the Wind

[akirlu]

It's there again. That chilly taste of autumn on the wind. I notice the horse chestnut trees are turning bronze around the edges, and the spiky seed pods are fat and lime green. The miniature maples by Miller Hall, too, starting little edges of some-color-not-green around the little five-fingered leaves. And on the walk in front of the Union building, a single yellow and scarlet maple leaf, the color of a ripe pippin apple. It's coming.

Comments

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

It's supposed to be 88 here all week, and I have a third batch of house finch fledglings at the feeder. Usually there's only two batches a summer.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

This may amuse you. My cow-orker Jan told me it was supposed to be hot tomorrow and through the rest of the week. Hot here was defined as "in the 80s". We have it rough, I tell ya.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

Well, in the DC area, it's not just the heat, it's the humidity! It's not quite breathing-through-a-wet-rag today, but closer than I'd like.