AUTUMN HAS COME TO QUEENSLAND...
Here, we call it winter. We are always talking about either winter or summer. As soon as it turns chilly (cold enough that less than half the population wears shorts) you start hearing that its going to be a cold winter, or a long winter... living here in sub-tropical Queensland, I miss the snow, and air so cold you can not comfortably draw breath, the sting of the icy morning burning your lungs... I miss them because if those were coming, then people would be enjoying the sweet chill of autumn before the real winter cold. Instead, this is pretty much as cold as it will get until it is hot again.
There is majesty in where we live. I regularly watch rainbow lorikeets in my front yard, yellow crested cockatoos perch on top of the street lights, vibrant green tree frogs latch on to the side of my house...
But I do miss the joys of four actual seasons. Here we just pretend. It is either summer or it's not...
Which is why I love this one tree on our street so much. This is our bright spot of autumn in a sub-tropical town. That is why we visit it every year...
Time to make pumpkin soup and maybe even turn the heater on...
2 comments:
Justice is getting so big!! You are the best...remember our nights on University Avenue when it would be snowing outside...? Good times...
Sounds like Tucson! Winter is beautiful, though, even though not cold or snowy! Great pictures! Looks like a fun climbing tree!
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