Bleached brown

The silent landscape awaits. Bleached brown by the frosts that close in nightly, the whole landscape seems to be waiting for the hammer to fall and winter to close its icy grip on the land. And yet, even now, on the 27th of October, the hammer has not fallen. The land holds its breath, each morning awaking to another day of respite. The day time tempatures have been almost balmy for this time of year. Today was all of 12 and a few days ago it was a record setting 22. Nothing to get excited about you would say, but last year this time there was 13cm of snow on the ground.

Meanwhile, the landscape is not exactly stunning, its almost a monotone brown, like a highveld winter...........with trees!

I await the first snows with excitment now. The -7 morning starts are fine and I have adapted to this autumn chill without much difficulty. The winter is still a couple months away, but the days driving through the gentle dusty brown of the silent waiting landscape are pleasant and easy.