BS: Signs of Autumn

Subject: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Cats
Date: 04 Sep 10 - 06:03 PM

This week the last swallows and swifts left. For the last week they have been sitting on the telephone wires and yesterday there were none. A sure and final sign that autumn has arrived at last

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: gnu
Date: 04 Sep 10 - 06:28 PM

My buddy told me yesterday that some maples near his house have some red leaves (Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada). It has been in the mid 30s all week. How dare they!

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: mauvepink
Date: 04 Sep 10 - 08:28 PM

Leaves are turning, some are falling and the nights are certainly drawing in here in the UK

mp

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: katlaughing
Date: 04 Sep 10 - 09:00 PM

My Rog's grape vine is showing some yellowing of a few leaves here and there, but we were just up on an almost 10,000 elevation plateau today and everything was still quite green, well, except for a lot of the evergreens which are dead from a nasty beetle infestation. Got some nice flower pix [removed - the site no longer hosts blog photos].

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: catspaw49
Date: 04 Sep 10 - 11:32 PM

Sign of Autumn? [Link removed - no longer opened a photo] This is one for sure!


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Wolfhound person
Date: 05 Sep 10 - 05:00 AM

My Amelanchier tree is turning red, the parent swallows have left, but not the babies yet, and there's no sign of the geese yet.

Paws

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Cats
Date: 05 Sep 10 - 07:06 AM

Love it Catspaw!

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: gnu
Date: 05 Sep 10 - 07:14 AM

The Bluejays have arrived.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 05 Sep 10 - 08:42 AM

STOP IT!

I haven't had enough summer yet....



wimper

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: JennieG
Date: 05 Sep 10 - 08:42 AM

My Canadian friends ans family living in Toronto, Ont, are all saying that the leaves are starting to change colour, but it's still quite warm.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Bobert
Date: 05 Sep 10 - 08:58 AM

Crickets in the house...

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 05 Sep 10 - 12:54 PM

Leaves are turning, it was COLD last night (upper 40sF), and I'm wearing a wool sweater and socks!
Also, I made soup stock yesterday for the first time since late Spring.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Bill D
Date: 05 Sep 10 - 01:30 PM

Well...the calendar SAYS Sept....but it has been pretty hot here still.

(I have to admit, early mornings are finally decent enough to go for a walk. 'Twas not so last week)

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: artbrooks
Date: 05 Sep 10 - 01:51 PM

The chili roasters are going all over the Rio Grande valley.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 06 Sep 10 - 03:09 AM

Christmas decorations arriving in the shops at the end of August!

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: GUEST,CrazyEddie
Date: 06 Sep 10 - 03:20 AM

Picked Blackberries two weeks ago, hazelnuts will berripe in a week or so...

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 06 Sep 10 - 03:42 AM

400 mile round trip to Dorset and back via various other counties (no, I didn't get lost, I had passengers to pick up) this weekend, the hedgerows are laden with hips, haws and berries, the leaves are starting to change and there are some spectacular shades of gold and rust in Epping Forest. The New Forest is purple with heather, the larches are starting to fade from pine to gold, the oaks are full of the bright green dots of acorns... I miss Dorset almost as much in Autumn as I do in May. Missed my usual drive through to the west of it to see relatives this weekend, so haven't been able to lay the homesick ghosts yet.... :(

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 06 Sep 10 - 06:35 AM

Gloucester in the Autumn is chocolate box beautiful with the reds and golds of the leaves, Batsford Aboretum is especially beautiful in the Autumn it without doubt my favourite season. On a warm Sept/Oct day there is nothing better than to see those birds of prey in the Falconery next to the Aboretum soaring and gliding on the wing.

It is great exploring other countries but the West Country through to golden Hereford and the Brecon in Wales is the best battery re-charger for me before the Winter sets in and it is almost right on my doorstep.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Phot
Date: 06 Sep 10 - 09:49 AM

The trees in the Aboretum that is RAF Brampton started to turn last week, the Ninja* squrirrels are stocking up on nuts and fruits that are starting to fall off the trees, and the air conditioning at work has finally been fixed. Which means we will be colder in the office than it will probably be outside!

Wassail!! Chris

* Yes we do have black squirrels at work! Scary little buggers with red eyes!

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 06 Sep 10 - 10:38 AM

Black squirrels wow I've seen them on the telly must be strange to look at. I am afraid we only have the common greys where I work still having fun scampering around though, funny enough we have the same problem with the air conditioning here. We have internal buses that keep the heating on all through the summer, crazy.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: jacqui.c
Date: 06 Sep 10 - 12:27 PM

After the heatwave of the last couple of weeks we now have warm days and cool nights. Looking out the window there are very small patches of autumnal colour in the trees, a little more each day can be seen.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Bettynh
Date: 06 Sep 10 - 12:53 PM

Anyone seeing monarchs yet?

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 06 Sep 10 - 01:29 PM

Saw the first clump of sulphur tuft mushrooms this morning. Too bad they aren't edible.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Joe_F
Date: 06 Sep 10 - 08:52 PM

Highs in the 70s (F), two days in a row.

"There's a hint of fall in the air."
"Don't talk with your mouth full."

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Sep 10 - 09:42 PM

The aspens are starting to turn yellow and there's now s**w on the mountains in the Bitterroots. We have a freeze warning tonight.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: LadyJean
Date: 06 Sep 10 - 11:19 PM

I have cats on my lap. They've been avoiding me while the weather was hot. But now it's getting chilly, I'm a cat bed again.

That and the Scottish games are this Saturday. That's the end of summer for me.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Bettynh
Date: 07 Sep 10 - 12:38 PM

LOL, Lady, I've called high summer, with its heat and humididty "dead cat weather" for many years. They just lay about in the shade waiting for cool.

Our skunks are beautiful now, with their long silky coats.

Meadow saffron and garlic chives are blooming.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Bill D
Date: 07 Sep 10 - 04:44 PM

I saw Monarchs last week in the DC area...

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: gnu
Date: 07 Sep 10 - 04:47 PM

Last week it was 40 to 45 Humidex. This AM, I had to shut my windows. High of 15C with rain tomorrow. I am gonna write a god damned letter! (Apologies to That Canadian Guy/Glen Foster.)

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Sep 10 - 08:29 PM

Signs of Autism can be seen as early as age 2.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Sep 10 - 08:49 PM

Being a cat bed is great honor even though a warm TV can also do the trick.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 07 Sep 10 - 11:20 PM

A few hummingbirds appear in our urban yard. They don't appear every year, but when they do, it is this time of year. Earliest fall.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: fat B****rd
Date: 08 Sep 10 - 05:54 AM

It pissed down in sunny Scotland yesterday and the wind flattened my sunflowers.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 08 Sep 10 - 06:12 AM

All the kids are back to school, now I can go away for a break somewhere at a cheaper price. I can still enjoy reasonably good weather and take in the Autumn colours in peace.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: gnu
Date: 08 Sep 10 - 08:24 AM

I heard Canada Geese at 7:30AM (Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada).

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Cats
Date: 08 Sep 10 - 03:37 PM

Increasingly heavy dews at night and the hens have stopped laying.....

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Micca
Date: 09 Sep 10 - 04:53 AM

Starting to get my stuff together for the Getaway, charge batteries in cameras, dig out American fitting cables,clear SD photo cards,etc....It Must be Autumn.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: LadyJean
Date: 10 Sep 10 - 12:23 AM

I'm having trouble with a knee. Applying a heated cat works wonders.
There were geese flying over my backyard yesterday. The stores have bulbs.
(I'm buying tulips!)

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Joe_F
Date: 10 Sep 10 - 06:26 PM

Switched from salads to cooked vegetables at dinner.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: gnu
Date: 10 Sep 10 - 08:34 PM

Windows shut and ACs on for over a week... 45 Humidex... now, I REFUSE to close my windows and have sweat pants, a hat and a sweatshirt on. 14C, rain and breezy. We went from high summer to late fall in 24 hours.

Not a sign of fall... a sign of an early and LONG hard winter.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: LadyJean
Date: 11 Sep 10 - 12:12 AM

We have black squirrels in Pittsburgh too, but I never thought of them as ninjas, or as scary. They are found, particularly in a neighborhood called Squirrel Hill.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: ragdall
Date: 11 Sep 10 - 02:07 AM

Wednesday morning ice had to be scraped from the car windows. My Green Ash is quickly becoming a yellow Ash. The Ash down the street has already dropped half its leaves. My lawn was covered with migrating sparrows this morning. Children returned to school this week.

rags

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: GUEST,Shimrod
Date: 11 Sep 10 - 05:01 AM

Last March I found some Cyclamen leaves on the river bank and knew that I'd have to wait until September to see them flower. And last Wednesday they did - 16 blooms! The species was Cyclamen hederifolium, which is probably not native to Britain. Either someone planted them on the bank or they seeded themselves from someone's garden (perhaps ants carried the seeds?). A bit of a bittersweet experience, really; the hoped-for event happened - but it also means that the year is on the wane.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: GUEST,pattyClink
Date: 11 Sep 10 - 10:04 PM

Slim pickin's down south yet. The heat has returned for another whack and the tough damn crape myrtles are still clinging to branches of blooms.

However, there are little flocks of strange birds in town, and hummingbirds passing through on their way to the Yucatan. And I saw a big bird circling high on a thermal, I don't know if that's a fall thing but that's when I see it.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: open mike
Date: 12 Sep 10 - 02:58 AM

i found a large caterpillar 3 - 4 " long and it seems to be from a moth that prefers ceanothus bushes...it has formed a cocoon and may not
emerge til next year...

crickets are singing and Orion is in the sky.
Amaryllis (naked ladies) are blooming and the
night air is cool enough to break out the feather
comforter.

the month name ends in Ember it will be obers or embers for the rest of the year now..

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Cats
Date: 12 Sep 10 - 04:16 AM

Last night we Cried the Neck in our hamlet. A sure sign.

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: gnu
Date: 15 Sep 10 - 04:41 PM

JEEPERS! NOT GOOD!

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Mrrzy
Date: 15 Sep 10 - 08:02 PM

Nooooooooooooooooo!

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: keberoxu
Date: 22 Sep 16 - 02:50 PM

Today's the autumnal equinox. What do you observe?

Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
From: Senoufou
Date: 22 Sep 16 - 05:47 PM

It's cranefly time once again. Have seen some of those huge ones (Tupila maxima) which are new here. Plus huge spiders coming in from the garden to disport themselves on our bedroom wall. (Brave husband puts them outside again)
No colour change as yet on the trees, except the poor horse-chestnuts have been attacked yet again by the leaf-miner, and their leaves are prematurely orange (ie dead)
The house martins in our village have had a very good summer, with hot weather bringing out the flying insects for them to hoover up.
Our Bramley apple tree has produced a good crop, but rather small fruit due to lack of rain. Picked four large binbags full, for the Harvest Supper this weekend. (apple pies and cream for the dessert)
We draw our curtains now at 7-30pm. As a funny old boy over the road always says with a grin, "Winter drawers on!"
It's my birthday next week (St Michael's Day) so I love this time of year!