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| View from my window this morning |
Probably a bit of frost during the night, followed by a bit of wind this morning... Now the leaves are dropping fast from the trees! Leaf blowers were already hard at work on the lawns outside my buildning when I got up today.
For me today was laundry day, so spent mostly indoors. But I was able to get started an hour early, so also finished early; and had time for a sunny afternoon walk afterwards. Today I enjoyed that special autumnal feeling (and sound!) of literally wading in dry leaves practially all the way around the old cemetery...
Certain trees have lost practially all their leaves, while others still have plenty left.
A comment on my previous post reminded me of a report that was published back in September, to do with which of the 20 largest cities in Sweden are the "greenest" - as in having the most trees and the most green areas etc. Comparing a number of different parameters of that kind, a study showed that Borås has the greatest tree cover in relation to its surface area (52 percent), but is also at the top when it comes to the percentage of inhabited green space (58 percent). In total, we ended up as No 5 on the list. Although all the greenery is one reason that I like living here, I don't think I would have guessed!
I'd rather hear the crunch of leaves underfoot than the leaf- blowing machines. They use them here and they are very loud! The operatives get to wear ear defenders - the onlookers don't!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, Jenny. I don't appreciate the sound of the leaf-blowing machines either - but in some places I can understand why they use them.
DeleteI love those walkways of yellow leaves and congratulations to Boras for being such a tree friendly city.
ReplyDeleteThanks Terra :)
DeleteThis last photo, and the one of the gorgeous yellow leaf path, are my favorites.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ginny. It's been really hard lately to choose favourite autumn views as the competition is tough! ;-)
DeleteThe third photo from the top is my favourite of this lot, but they are all gorgeous (apart from Mr. Leafblower there :-D).
ReplyDeleteWe've been having similar weather here, but I have had time to do anything walk-wise only on Monday this week.
Meike, the leaf-covered paths are lovely on a dry day - but as soon as it rains it also immediately becomes obvious why it's necessary to keep the paths clean...
DeleteLovely! I can just imagine crunching through those leaves. Apart from the leaf blower,, I like all the photos but my favourite is the second to last one.
ReplyDeleteMy dogs used to love to roll around in the leaves or run through them, nose down, following some scent that delighted them. I will shortly go and start clearing up the fallen blossoms in the garden. Sadly, no beautiful autumn leaves here.
Carol, while enjoying my walk through the dry leaves, it also occurred to me how in city environment it would quickly all just become a muddy mess, without gardeners and various kinds of street cleaning staff doing their job...
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