September 13, 2005
An Early Autumn
Summer has left the building. In America, the seasons start on the 21st of the month. For example, the 21st of September is the offical first day of Fall. In this part of the world, they decided to use the first day of the month. I find, and have always found, this to be a much more intuitive system. December is without a doubt a winter month, but according to the American calendar, it's still Fall. Perhaps in Los Angeles, September can still be a pretty hot month, and maybe I understand why it's included in Summer, thereby necessitating that June fall in Spring. That makes sense ... in Los Angeles.
At the end of August, leaves here had already started turning yellow, and the temperatures were steadily in the 60s during the day. Now, however, the ground has a thin layer of leaves, and the daytime high for this week and last is in the 50s. This past Sunday I decided to wander about my neighborhood, taking pictures before the leaves are all gone.
Here's a tree who's being overcome from the inside. Underneath walks a very typical babushka:
The buildings here are extremely standardized, and this picture shows the road between two 5-level Khrushev built apartments. You can see leaves already lying on the dirt road:
I found a very popular soccer field. There were about 60 spectators watching, mostly young High School or Jr. High kids:
I go home on Saturday, and I expect it to be a sort of time machine back to Summer. I'll be gone for three weeks, and I'll return around the same time as this picture was taken in last year's attempt to chronicle Fall. It's hard to believe that a full rotation of seasons has gone by.
Posted by Owen at September 13, 2005 01:08 AM | TrackBack