Thoughts, ramblings and other stuff

So the autumn finally showed its ugly side. For a moment summer tried to fight back and on Wednesday and Thursday it was over 20^o and short sleeves and even shorts were back. But we can't escape it being October already and first temperature dropped about 10^o and today it's been raining all day long. In some places there's been night frost, although not were I live. The forecast isn't very optimistic - rain and colder and colder. And maybe even snow in the mountains.

So I feel it's time for picspam. You may remember the place I used to spam you with on spring. These are the photos I've taken of it since in August and September chronologically:

Harvest begins


And ends


Plough


The new sprouts

September - leaves started to change colour but weather was so good. The various life disasters made it hard for me to fully appreciate it but I think it would've been worse if the weather was like today (or like last September). Still I hope there'll be some sun yet. I need to take some pictures of the beautiful golden October - the autumn colours are the best now.

This weekend it was still summer-like. Over 30^o and sunny. Warm nights, warmer then through most of summer. Only night came early. Dark before 8. And even though I managed to get sunburnt a little on Saturday I could feel it’s autumn already.
The change of season. I find it funny how I can just wake one day and just know it happened. It’s the funny feeling, hard to describe. It’s in the clarity of air, the colour of the sky, the light, the smell. It doesn’t matter that the temperature is high and the sky blue. I could still feel it in how the wind moved the leaves on trees. Summer has ended.
I know how cheesy it sounds but I just try to describe it. After all when the change comes there usually is no visible change. Leaves are still on trees and mostly green. Those who aren’t look rather like dried out then changing colours. Sun is shining. And still I know.
The sun seems more distant the blue of sky changes shade. And in the forest there’s this quiet. And when the wind in the trees sounds different. The morning mists are different and spider webs are everywhere. That’s why we call this time of year “babie lato” - old woman’s (or maybe grandma’s) summer because the web strings look like old woman’s hair.
On Monday it got cold started to rain. It rained again today. The leaves started to fall. There’s no denying it anymore.
Forecast says it’s going to be sunny but no more then 15^o all next week.  And really cold nights - like 4^o cold. Not unusual this time of year but it 's usually warmer. Real autumn.

Still it was a good summer. Much better then last year. Warm, mostly hot even. I’m sort of tanned, as much as it’s possible for me. Even legs. I had a great place to swim. River near the place I was at is unregulated and in meander near us it finally broke through and created an island. The meander turned into something in between river and lake. Duckweed will cover it and it will slowly turn into swam. But this year it was a grate place for swimming.

Now it’s the good time for picking mushrooms. Too bad I hate them. Smell, taste, everything. For me they are inedible. Funny how that’s what I’m working on.

Going back to yesterday’s subject – more about LHC and the final answer to the burning question “Has the LHC destroyed the earth”.