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Truly Autumn Now

“The November wind has a sound different from any other, a low, dry whispering through the bare branches.” -- John Burroughs Let this quote inspire your entry.

HI

The wind here is different in season, but always strong. Lately, I noticed it sounds like it does during a blizzard. We are having some rain which blows against the house from the west most of the time. Last evening, when the rain flew in, the wind howled. Different voices in the wind always interest me. We have several trees in our yard. They are old and tall. Wind of any sort does not seem to faze them.

We also have cloud cover that gathers across the entire sky, high in the atmosphere. It is similar to long winter weeks when you never see the sky because of cloud cover. Only, this phenomenon, only lasts from evening to morning, when the sun comes out and chases it away, so the sky is clear and blue.

I can attach wind to seasons, not necessarily to any particular month.

Leaves turned early this year. Leaf fall started early and took a long time to finish. Actually, some trees here still have a lot of leaves. If leaves don't fall soon enough snowfall will damage the limbs.

I expected colder weather earlier. I'm glad I was wrong.