Day 244, 1 Sep 2017: A brief taste of spring...

Day 244: ...before autumn comes along

Yes, climate change, global warming, call it what you will, deny it if you dare. But today, in the Southern Hemisphere, Spring began. Tomorrow, I fly north, where it will be Autumn. Japan has managed to identify 72 seasons, micro seasons wrapped into the four main ones we live by. I think we will need to work on that.

It hardly felt like there had been any winter here for the last two weeks and as for Spring/Autumn tomorrow, well let's see.

So, for the record and the return trip, just a few of my favourite things around the house, before we leave for another few months...

Azaleas, fallen

Magenta stripe

Newbies

Over the petal

Bella Bella

Shells, collected

Fallen petal

Coming soon: all the autumn leaves. 

[Camera : Lumix TZ-85, 3.47pm-3.52pm; 1 September 2017] 


Addendum: It would appear that what we thought was Wednesday's dolphin at Moffat Beach, may have in fact turned out to be a baby humpback whale, lost inshore and which later beached itself further up the coast. Oddly enough, on the day I thought the animal looked a bit sick and I wanted to swim out to help it... Vale, little one.