Last Week Of October

            October is soon over, though the weather is warm, sometimes it rains all day and night, and then a strong wind blows and the sun shines. The real northern autumn!

At the weekend I went to take a look at my summer house and garden The plants were ready to winter, for cold and snow. In the garden bushes were without leaves, only dogwood, some roses, and apple trees had some leaves. The pond was frozen when I arrived in the morning, but then light ice has melted.

Little silver fir is hardy, its small bumps were still growing. The dim sun shone spherical thujas and night rain drops. Deciduous rhododendrons (azaleas) dropped their leaves and evergreen ones will turn off their leaves to reduce the evaporation of moisture in the frost.

Then I strolled along the nearest woods.The leaves almost fell down, black trunks and branches were seen everywhere. The birds have flown away, only sparrows, chickadees and magpies stayed to winter. Fog started to fall at early evening, it was quickly getting dark, the days are short in October. I took a few pictures of the foggy forest.

   That is all for now, see you soon!