Time to change – 2021/12
The weather has been a lot colder than normal for this time of year, but when the sun shines it is hot.
The weather has been a lot colder than normal for this time of year, but when the sun shines it is hot.
As the days lengthen and warm, the natural world is waking from its winter slumbers. Soon the summer visitors will start to arrive.
Any time from late January is blossom time in Dol. But another stunning tree in flower at this time of year is the Mimosa, Acacia dealbata
The afternoon sun shines on Vrankovića Dvor, Dol and also on snow on Svete Jure, the highest point of the Dinaric Alps, 50 km distant.
Even in winter we can see rainbows, as a fast moving rain storm clears, to be followed by sunshine.
I am alive to the natural world in which I live, observing the day to day changes as the seasons inexorably march forwards.
Where ever i am working, inside, outside or on the computer, I usually have one or more of the felines with me. Not always helping, sometimes playing, sometimes just watching, they seem to just enjoy being with me.
Autumn mornings are nice. The sun is still warm, the dew highlights things you cannot always see, like spiders webs, and there is no wind.
Autumn flowers seem to shine in the bright sunshine we get at this time of year.
The Medicane this week has brought a little cloud and with it some lovely sunset and sunrise colours.