Evidence of Autumn
You spend all year waiting for summer, and then it seems to begin leaving just after it’s arrived. Only a few weeks ago, we had daylight until 10.00 pm; all of a sudden, it’s pitch black at 7.45 pm. And this is only the harbinger of even shorter days as we look forward to darkness at 3.30 pm come November. For now, the garden looks summery. The cherry tomatoes we’ve grown this year from seed are yielding a couple of bowl-fulls a day:
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The raspberries have only just begun and will keep on giving fruit until the first frosts in October:
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And bees still collect pollen from flowers in my garden whose name temporarily escapes me:
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But other flowers are already on the way out:
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Of course, it’s the Silver Birches and their yellowing leaves that let you know autumn is just around the corner:
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In other developments, I’m almost ready to abandon Onslaught to the capriciousness of the outside world. The first paperback copies should be here in a week. If you’d like an advance copy with a view to leaving an honest review, let me know either on FaceTwit, or drop me a line at chris [at sign] chrisjamesauthor.com
In the meantime, you may be interested to know that there’s a Genesis song called Evidence of Autumn. As it’s not in the 100-song spam festival promotional campaign, here it is:
