Joys of Autumn

Autumn asters are ready to open too, and the sedums are turning pink - the bees love them. I've got both the green and red leaved ones. Weather is dreadful now- after a heat wave at 35+C, it is now 14 and wind, rain, rain and more rain (:

By all these lovely tokens
September days are here
With summer's best of weather
And autumn's best of cheer.
Anon

I just read that on a garden centre website. Nice isn't it?

"September is one of the loveliest months of the year to be out and about in the countryside; there are still warm days to be enjoyed. There is a certain luminous quality about the light at this time of the year too; a soft and warm glow that picks out the reds and oranges of flowers in the garden. With harvest festivals, and a harvest moon, it is a time to be thankful for another good year in the garden."

Lovely.

Spot on J - Lovely, lovely September days.

Anon does write a very nice poem

Back to big clear skies, sunshine and warmth - wonderful.

Butternut !

Yes. Nice bit of summer here.

Oh my! Now that the cloud that was covering it has been blown off, there's a faint covering of whiteness on the Cobbler! Can't see Beinn Ime or Beinn Narnain as they are still cloud-covered.

I did see that there was snow forecast for Glencoe and Ben Nevis, but they are a bit away.

Thought it was a bit chilly today, though hedging is a warming activity

Only on the windward slopes. It's not (shh!) winter snow.

It's gone blooming cold in our back garden!

That'll be your fault Bags if you've got snow up there.

Yep, lay the blame fair and square!

I'm convinced it always feels cold down here as soon as they have snow in Scotland. Can the cold air really be felt that far?

(Not really blaming you Bags )

Bracken browning,
Trees thinning,
So I can see loch through them
As well as over them.
Fewer bat droppings
In the porch,
And an autumn crocus
In flower.
Small things that delight
In the ever-onward march
Of the changing seasons.

Forgot one:

Colder getting up for the loo in the night!

Another sign of autumn arrived in today's post: an 'invitation' to have a flu jab, which I will, of course, accept.

Yes. But snugglier getting back in again!

Bags, colder getting up for the loo in the night can be good if you are still having night time sweats!

I love my hot water bottle- with a wooly cover it keeps warm until daybreak

Very inconvenient - flu jabs at local surgery 6 October - I have much more interesting things to do that day - or 3 November - guess whuch one I'm going for!

How old do you have to be to have the flu jab? OH has one every year, but I haven't been invited!

Over 65. I didn't take it up last year and probably won't this year. I think, keeping yourself reasonably fit by keeping to a healthy lifestyle - good diet, reasonable exercise, and sensible precautions about keeping warm is adequate.

Anagram go to Boots it gets cheaper every year, it's probably only about a tenner now and you can use your points card!

banana (you'll hate me for this! ), what are night time sweats?

Thanks baNANA but I think I'm with J04 on this one - and I'm not 65 yet anyway!

I think Scotland got the back end of Iceland's snowstorm, pleased family were safely home before it started.