I originally wrote this on a rainy, warm day several years ago. It was a hard rain, but still 18 C0 in Edmonton. Despite the warmth, we had a forecast of wet snow and coolling temperatures for that evening. In Alberta at this time of year, things can change weather-wise quite suddenly.
The forecast is for above-average temperatures for another week. Even then, it is not cooling appreciably. Instead, we will have rain as a possibility. Most trees still have an abundance of leaves, although they are turning colours.
In Canada, we celebrate Thanksgiving as crops are harvested and stored by mid-October. It is not a sure thing, but that is the premise. The agrarian roots of Canada are deep, so the tradition of an October Thanksgiving remains.
Nature singing,
Whispering–
Painting the world anew.
Harvest gathering.,
Storing bounty–
Hearth calling.
Gathering,
Joining hands;
Bowing heads.
October arriving,
Thanking, sharing, celebrating–
Readying for winter’s respite.
I took this picture in Fairmount Hot Springs a couple of years ago. It was Thanksgiving weekend and it snowed on our way back. You can see the colours have changed in the distance and the mist over Columbia Lake.
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