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| Prompt: "After the keen still days of September, the October sun filled the world with mellow warmth...The maple tree in front of the doorstep burned like a gigantic red torch. The oaks along the roadway glowed yellow and bronze. The fields stretched like a carpet of jewels, emerald and topaz and garnet. Everywhere she walked the color shouted and sang around her." —Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Describe what you see surrounding you. *** The September chill has started to dissipate, and the warmth of the Melbourne spring is making itself known. Its fleeting and shy. Unsure about actually making its presence known, hence the game of peekaboo I am currently playing with my hoodie. Like the weather, I can’t decide what to do, and I’m constantly getting it wrong. It’s too warm for jeans, but too cool for shorts. I need a hoodie, until the moment I step outside and then I need my sunglasses instead. It’s a meteorological roller-coaster. The land is just as confused as I am. Though, it seems to be quickly making up its mind. There is more green – everywhere. The grasses, bushes and trees are starting to sprout, looking more leafy by the day, but particularly today. It’s the starting gun in the race to keep the body corporate happy by keeping our lawns in order… Nothing worse that unruly green apparently. An afternoon in the garden may well be in order and it is starting to look a little over grown, a little wild. But the bees love it, as do the butterflies… they are worth the angry letter from the estate facilities management team, whose time would be better spent fixing the AC in the gym before the summer rolls in. The swans are also out on the lake again. It won’t be long until we see little feathery families out there, if the territorial flapping is anything to go by. The lake is apparently the place to be if you’re a black swan or a pelican… or one of the other wading birds. The lake has also settled. It’s less choppy, grey waves, and more perfectly chilled kayaking waves that reflect the very blue sky. It’s time to get stocked up in the sunscreen! |
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