12 November 2017

A late, wet autumn

I went to the pharmacy last Friday. One of the employees greeted me and asked if I had enjoyed l'été indien (été means summer) that we had experienced in central France in October. It told him I was in the U.S. for much of the month of October, so I'd missed it. The point is, it's rained now for four days in a row, starting Friday. November weather can be depressing.

11 novembre 2017

But there are some pretty scenes despite the rain. The photo above and the photo below are ones I took from our living room windows yesterday, despite a steady drizzle.

11 novembre 2017

Autumn has unfolded very late this year, it seems to me. Look at the photo below, which I took out in the vineyard in October nine years ago. Maybe autumn was just especially early that year. It's hard to remember.

12 octobre 2008

One good thing about having a 12-year old blog is that it lets me go back and review events and conditions in earlier years compared to now.

8 comments:

  1. After a somewhat balmy weather, it turned cold two days ago here in Northern Virginia. Autumn and winter are definitely not my favorite seasons!

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    1. I love autumn when it's not wet. Unfortunately, in northern France it is nearly always wet and gray. Today has been very wet and windy.

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  2. Twelve years already! Tempus fugit. I love fall on sunny days, I also like that bright red bush and your nicely trimmed hedge.

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    1. The gardening service we have do the hedges now do a really good job. And yes... time flies. I started this blog in October 2005. I never imagined it would go so long.

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  3. late here in nc too.....leaf peepers may have missed it

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    1. I know it was really warm on the N.C. coast back in October. I enjoyed it.

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  4. My first thought when I saw the first photo was that, despite the wet, you have beautiful views... and, then, that's what you said!

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    1. Now predictions are for a dry week ahead, but a lot of the leaves were blown off the trees by today's wind. It's up to us to rake them up and move them over the next few days.

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