No sun at dawn; at least, no ocular proof of such. Just these leaves, blazing color in the warm, gray drizzle. [MoS Project uses my OG iPhone for pictures.]
Tag Archive: autumn
Peppered
Fall is coming on, apace. The management finally knuckled under and turned the heat on in my building last night. A good thing too, since I was awake for all of it, and it was pretty chilly. The season of candy corn—which is very important to at least one of my readers—is drawing nigh. I…
A Look Back At Summer
It’s been really cold, unseasonably cold, grey, and rainy. Today, my building turned on the heat, which they usually don’t do before October 15th. Welcome to DC, Margo! (Please borrow as many sweaters and jackets as needed.) This image helps me remember the baking sun from just over a month ago.
Purple Peppers
So here we are, in mid-September already. After a week of what seemed to be unending rain, the sun is gracing us with its presence once more, and the air is clear and sweet as wine. Autumn is my favorite time of year, and—in my view—the very best season to enjoy DC. This photograph, outlandish…
Autumn Pasture
…And, just like that, even before Labor Day, summer is over. Hurricane Irene blew it right over the horizon. The weather is gorgeous today: cool, bright, dry. It’s the best weather of the year in DC because it’s the weather of Fall. I’ll do my best to enjoy it in between the necessary tasks.
The Texture of Autumn
I used to have fantastically keen vision. Now, I need glasses for everything; I cannot see clearly without them. Of the many indignities of middle age, this is the one I feel the most. I yearn for this kind of detail: the edges of the leaves, the way the colors blend at a distance, yet…
Autumn Bridge
Daylight Saving has given way to Standard Time. The days are getting shorter and we’ll be crossing over into winter soon enough. It’s just as well that I’m very busy; it keeps the darkness at something of a distance.
Medicine
I’ve been feeling pretty lousy, physically, the last several days. I had to basically force myself to go outdoors and experience the spectacularly nice weather. I went for a walk in the Clarendon and Virginia Square neighborhoods of Arlington and it was quite a slog. My body was just generally unhappy with the whole situation….
Summer’s End
By the calendar, summer’s been over for ten days. Here in DC, though, it’s only in the last few that the feel of autumn has set in. We’ve had rain, we’ve had crisp, dry and sunny, we’ve had the smell of Fall in the air at last. This picture, for me, is about the fantasy…
The Note
Someone ripped it up and discarded it. What did it say? As the paper soaks into the puddle, the ink will run and the message will be permanently lost. The oak leaves’ story is much the same. They were probably a casualty of one of our recent high-intensity thunderstorms. But leaves on the ground remind…