It was a rather rainy month but we definitely had some beautiful colours to admire, if only for a short time. Here’s a selection.
The beauties of autumn are mostly gone now but we’re entering a time of year for seasonal celebrations and lots of light displays. Not as good as nature’s shows but definitely also a lovely time of year.
Season’s Greetings.
We had some sun! The wind was rather chilly but after all these grey, rainy days, it was nice to enjoy a bit of brightness.
As we moved into the afternoon the sun started to disappear behind some cloud, but my, it was a terrific little break!
Happy Saturday.
To all our American friends and relatives …
… from all your buds to the north …
I hope you have a lovely day, no matter how you choose to pass it. 🍂
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I hope you enjoy these beautifully colourful photos of the Fredericton Farmers’ Market from Allan at Picture This. Please click the link above to see all of them and then maybe do a little wander around his site to see more of his fantastic pictures. Cheers.
We’re deep into November now and have entered the rainy season. If the weather sticks to its usual patterns, we will have a lot of rain and cloud for about the next two months.
We still have a little colour around that’s breaking up the grey motif, but probably not for long. Soon we will rely on seasonal light displays and plants such as poinsettias to bring us some relief.
The lace leaf maples are beginning to turn purple – the colour change stage they enter before dropping their leaves – and a light rain accompanies almost every step we take.
Lots of bushes and trees will retain a duller shade of green as they rest through the winter until they’re ready to once more provide us with their beauties.
Happy Saturday.
It’s unfortunately come to that time of year where there aren’t many blooms about, but I did find a few for today’s flower post.
These will probably be my last flower finds for this year, so for the foreseeable future I’ll probably be posting pictures from the warmer months or whatever else I can find to brighten our Fridays.
Happy weekend.
This sweet little duck seems to be wondering if there are some yummy bugs hiding under those leaves.
She wouldn’t be wrong since the rain has brought out quite a few worms. (I’m not including a worm photo because, well, I don’t want to.)
I hope she found some good ones but I wasn’t going to stick around to watch her eat lunch. I’m not really a fan of squishy things. Ugh.
Happy Wednesday.
We had sun! A very lovely, crisp day.
I was quick to get out and enjoy it since we are about to get yet another wet system coming through.
It’s being referred to as a “cyclone bomb” (really? who comes up with these names?), which is a low pressure system with a very tight pattern. This means that the pressure towards the centre of it is much lower than at its outer edges.
Essentially, it’s a sort of hurricane (Pacific hurricanes are called cyclones), but because it’s occurring at a cooler time of year, it’s a slow, lumbering storm that’s more prone to dissipation and of course, it’s much less dangerous than the tropical versions. Nevertheless, it will bring very strong winds and buckets of rain to coastal British Columbia; Vancouver and Vancouver Island are about to get another soaking.
Here in the interior we are expected to get some of it in the form of more overcast and rain; we won’t experience the brunt of it.
It was important to get out and enjoy a bit of sun before more overcast arrives, but even clouds have their beauties and I can always dress for the watery deliveries they make!
Happy Tuesday.
About ten days ago, we were enjoying a very serene, lovely autumn, even the wind was resting …
… and the ducks were contentedly paddling along …
… the sun was warm but there was also an invigoratingly cool suggestion in the air, like momentarily seeing your breath above a glass of ice water.
Warm, beautiful colours abounded, but then …
… a seasonal switch was flipped and we headed into late autumn or more likely, early winter.
We are turning with the sun while everything rests, but we will be ready when spring arrives again.
Happy Monday.
Right now we have a major storm blowing through which is certainly not unexpected in November. The best part is that here in the valley bottom we’re only getting rain, no flakes! I was going to post a picture of our very misty and overcast surroundings, but decided otherwise. We’ll be seeing lots of that soon enough! Here’s one from a couple of days ago when the weather was much better.
And just because it’s so beautiful, here’s one of a lace leaf maple, shining in its glorious autumn dress.
And last but not least, since it’s rather chilly, dark and rainy with lots of snow falling in the mountains, I’ll leave you with this tranquil scene.
Happy Sunday and if you’re in the storm zone, stay warm!
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