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Autumn IS on the way……..

I lay in bed this morning listening to the call of the birds….well to be precise I listened to Robins.  This is the first morning since last season that they have woken me with their sharp Tut – Tut- ing call, for me a distinctive sound of autumn.

ROBIN

Elsewhere farmers are trying their best to make a harvest out of this years unpredictable weather which has swung from drought to flood and just a touch of hot sun.  So far it is the hay harvest that has been the main focus of effort.

The-Old-Hawthorn

But for farmers dependent upon the cereal crops it is still an anxious time…will it ripen, will it be dry enough to get the combine on the land and will the yield be good enough to break even.

But seasons wait for no man….so onward we march towards autumn – just a shame we had no summer!

21 August

 

11 thoughts on “Autumn IS on the way……..”

  2. I wish I could have sent you some of our summer.
    The robin is adorable! It’s different from the robins we have here.
    Great shots to welcome the next season.

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    1. Yes, the Robin is a very small bird in comparison to the US variety…it is of course the original that appeared on early Christmas Cards. As to the summer…..its not too late to pack some up for us and send it UPS! (I wish)

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  4. Don’t want to hear it, David, and can’t understand, because we hardly had any summer yet. But so very nice photos, the bird and the golden landscape. There are some anxious farmers also around here…

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  5. And you were harping on me for mentioning autumn in a recent post. Our doesn’t start officially until September 22, but I must agree that there are signs that it’s coming–though it’s really strange this year because of the devastating drought that most of the US is going through. They’re saying that it’s too late for new rain to help the crops much at all. Apart from that, your robins are fascinating to us, and that’s a very nice shot of the backlit morning tree.

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    1. September 22nd is Autumn day for us as well. Farmers tell us that the crops need some sunshine to allow harvest but that the yield and quality is way down by an average of 30%…..but of course they still have to get what they can in and that is doubtful for some. It is strange with so called mystery infections in a number of species from Toads to Bats through to trees and shrubs. Something is not right and I suspect we are to blame

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