Dear WeatherCat observers of the seasons turning,
Time flies when you have way too many things to do and so we find ourselves around another change of season. The Autumnal Equinox will occur Saturday or Sunday depending on your location. Here is the webpage with all those gory details for the curious:
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180923T0154&msg=September%20Equinox%202018Unfortunately, Autumn comes late to California since there is abundant sunshine. Only a few trees have started to turn at this point. Here is an example of a tree that must a be at least a relative of the Chinese Pistachio:
This is another tree that loses it leaves early:
In fact in August 2015 it was losing its leaves as was reported in this posting:
http://athena.trixology.com/index.php?topic=1717.msg16144#msg16144On the other hand, the Crepe Myrtles are still in bloom:
And beyond any cultivated region the earth looks like this:
The dry barren land will remain this way until the rains really come and soak the dried grasses - assuming those rains come at all!
Of course
da' trusty wagon will always try to find a way to get get
into da' act. This time though it is a different kind of photo. Our garage faces due East, so at the equinox the sun rises almost in line with our cars. That afforded this interesting photo:
It might be a stretch to call it
"wagon-henge" but it is a different take on Autumn and classic cars.
Like it or not, Autumn has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. Make the best of it!
Cheers, Edouard