far too much writing, far too many photos

runswithscissors


Friday, September 25, 2009

Last weekend: tossed myself into the car and followed the road south, driving through southern Quebec farmland -- fields once green now slowly turning yellow -- crossing the border after a nicely cursory questioning by a customs agent (a few questions, then almost literally shrugging his shoulders before handing back my passport and waving me on). Green mountains, increasing traffic along the interstate as Burling came and went. Arrived back in Montpelier, got out of car. And found myself suddenly immersed in autumn -- trees doing the foliage thing, orange and yellow leaves strewn across lawns and road, air pungent with the smell of all that, insects in tall grass making quiet music. Hillsides displaying big color, shadows of sunlight/clouds moving slowly over them.

The first leaves began showing bits of color in mid-August, the normal start of all that in this corner of the world. And never really advanced from there, the weather mostly dry, temperatures mostly mild, even summery, despite decreasing daylight hours, sun lower in the sky, sliding slowly north as the days slipped by. When I left Vermont for Montreal, autumn seemed to step back even further, September putting on a show of lovely late summer conditions, everyone out in summer clothes. And that's how it remained until this return to Montpelier. During the days away, rain arrived, apparently jump-starting the transition.

Last week in Vermont: days with a cool edge, nights of falling temperatures, the season's first frost warnings.

A friend -- S. -- was supposed to drive up on Monday, I would then drag her up to Montreal for 2-3 days of fun. Late Sunday night, the phone rang: S. calling to say she'd just discovered that her passport had lapsed last year. I encouraged her to call the appropriate people the next morning, see if there was any chance of securing a new one on short notice. She did, there wasn't, she surrendered. Yesterday I drove back to Montreal to use the teeny studio flat I'd rented for two months for the very last time. And found out that during my days away, autumn had begun taking hold here -- air still mild but trees showing lots of yellow, yellow leaves sweeping through streets, driven by a restless breeze. Overnight, the temperature fell, wind rattled the windows all night long. This morning: autumn. Cold air, chilly breeze, lots of clouds scudding across the sky, sunlight peeking through.

Amazing. (Well, maybe not to you. But to easily amazed me.)




[this entry in progress]


Espaņa, te echo de menos

rws 2:03 PM [+]

Comments:
Beautiful photo.
 
thanks, rhi. :)
 
The leaves started turning brown on the trees in front of my office building, then dropping elegantly to the ground. But I think it was from the air pollution and not the turn in seasons.
 
that's pretty much what they do in madrid. kind of a brownish/yellowish thing. ah, well.
 
Post a Comment

Links to this post:

<\$BlogItemBacklinkCreate\$>

BLATHERINGS

August 2001
September 2001
October 2001
November 2001
December 2001
January 2002
February 2002
March 2002
April 2002
May 2002
June 2002
July 2002
August 2002
September 2002
October 2002
November 2002
December 2002
January 2003
February 2003
March 2003
April 2003
May 2003
June 2003
July 2003
August 2003
September 2003
October 2003
November 2003
December 2003
January 2004
February 2004
March 2004
April 2004
May 2004
June 2004
July 2004
August 2004
September 2004
October 2004
November 2004
December 2004
January 2005
February 2005
March 2005
April 2005
May 2005
June 2005
July 2005
August 2005
September 2005
October 2005
November 2005
December 2005
January 2006
February 2006
March 2006
April 2006
May 2006
June 2006
July 2006
August 2006
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
March 2007
April 2007
May 2007
June 2007
July 2007
August 2007
September 2007
October 2007
November 2007
December 2007
January 2008
February 2008
March 2008
April 2008
May 2008
June 2008
July 2008
August 2008
September 2008
October 2008
November 2008
December 2008
January 2009
February 2009
March 2009
April 2009
June 2009
July 2009
August 2009
September 2009

.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .


MORE FOCUSED BLATHERINGS


Travels:
London '01
Pamplona
Italy '03
U.K. '03
Sevilla
Casablanca
Stoke-on-Trent
Barcelona
Québec/Ottawa
Boston/Lisbon/Madrid
Italy '04
Montréal
La Sierra

Events:
Madrid -- arrival
9/11
Emergency Room I
Holidays 2001
Holidays 2002
Holidays 2003
Holidays 2004
Holidays 2005
A neighbor's passing
Madrid -- March 11 bombings
  and aftermath
Emergency Room II
Israeli friend/Madrid Marathon
Madrid -- Royal Wedding
The DELE exam

GONE, a novel:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10

THE BASTARD CHILDREN OF
JOE ROCCO, a novella:
-- Part 1
-- Part 2
-- Part 3

BURBANK SHRUGGED,
a screenplay:
-- Part 1
-- Part 2
-- Part 3
-- Part 4

Short stories:
Murphy's Wife
Another Autumn
La Queja de Una
  Hermanastra Muy Conocida

Autobiography
-- Personal History
-- Hormones On Parade
-- Accidents, Random Mishaps,
    Personal Problems

.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .


OTHER SOURCES OF WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT

People/Weblogs:
dooce
foxvox
fudge it
fear not
rebekka
bookslut
802online
idle words
madhaiku
wockerjabby
grow-a-brain
rebel market
letting me be
out and about
kung fu grippe
fanatical apathy
baghdad burning
wfuv's music blog
kexp's music blog
mimi smartypants
between the miles
just a hippie gypsy
the impossible cool
tomato can brushes
vermont homestead
sugar mountain farm

Good Clean Fun:
gizmodo
futurismic
postsecret
dave barry
human clock
mcsweeney's
spaceweather
book-a-minute
internet archive
self-portrait day
my cat hates you
out of context quotes
surrealist compliment
  generator
strindberg and helium

Makin' Musical Whoopee:
last fm
stereo8
pandora
soma fm

.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .


ABOUT RWS/CONTACT





This page and all its contents copyright © 2001-2011 by runswithscissors unless otherwise noted.


runswithscissors would like to thank everyone who's ever lived for everything they've ever done.



Syndicate This Site


Blogarama

BlogCatalog

Bloggapedia, Blog Directory - Find It!



technorati profile

Subscribe with Bloglines

www.flickr.com
runswithscissors' photos More of runswithscissors' photos