This morning I awoke to glorious sunshine and a very blue sky. Quite a strong breeze was blowing from the north east so I was expecting it to be somewhat cool outside. Undeterred I donned my running gear, did some warm up exercises and ventured out into the bright morning.
Oh what a beautiful morning, little calf’s gently moo and stare curiously at me as I trot up the road along the caravan park at Hurley. A mother and 2 children have abandoned their bicycles on the side of the road as they collect blackberries from the hedgerow. Rather early in the day to be foraging but the early bird and all that. I trot on, the large round bales of straw from the barley field have nearly all been collected and I move to the side to allow for the tractor to pass me. The field is a lovely golden colour even though the crop has been cut and gathered in. Trees rustle in the stiff breeze they are still green but signs of autumn are all around. Brown seed heads blow along the road and hazelnuts are falling down from the hedgerow. Apples are lining the road edges in places where the wind has blown them from the trees. We have witnessed a whole year of change along this running route, from the earth being ploughed last year, the crop being sown and the green shoots poking through the brown earth. We have seen hard crisp frosty mornings where the winter barley was tinged with white and warm sunny mornings which slowly turned the crop to a warm and golden hue.
Autumn is nearly here or is it here already and we choose not to acknowledge it just yet?
A great way to start any day, getting out and enjoying the beautiful nature where we live.
1 comment:
What a lovely description. And yes, it has felt distinctly autumnal over the past few weeks for those of us having to get up and go to work!
My ornamental cherry tree's leaves have been slowly turning from green to gold to almost red now.
like you I am hoping we get an Indian summer for at least one week this month!
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