Over the last two days we have experienced some very windy weather mixed with rain and sunshine. The temperature fluctuates between 18 and 21C during the day and drops to around 14C at night. It is the tail end of Hurricane Bill as it sweeps back east from whence it came. We are generally blessed here on the west coast because we are in the Gulf Stream but when some of the hurricanes that hit the American seaboard do not continue overland and follow the coastline, the weakening winds find their way over here. It’s a sign of cooler times ahead and yet here in the UK we often get warm Septembers these days. Summer officially ends 23rd September at the Autumnal Equinox but that doesn’t have any real sudden bearing on weather changes. I have recently been to Quebec where they have experienced a very short warm summer and things there are beginning to get colder even as I write. I remember years ago when we had long summer days of heat but these days it seems that it doesn’t get as hot for as long as it used to but it is generally warmer and milder throughout the year. That is probably the reason we don’t get prolonged severely cold winters. Our winters, especially where I live, are generally quite mild.
Looking in the garden this morning there are a lot of leaves lying on the grass. That is most probably caused by the high winds we’ve had overnight but I had noticed a few there some days ago when the wind wasn’t as bad. It’s the early signs of Autumn’s approach, my favourite time of year. Come December and Autumn leaves…………….
Shirley Anne x
