It is beginning to feel like fall…
Ah, the signs of fall in the Kootenays. Some of the trees have started to change their colours a bit early. The nights have a distinct chill to them: not quite frosty yet, but there is definitely a sense of that coming. The robins seem to have gotten quieter, and some tiny birds are performing strange flocking dances that don’t appear earlier in the year.
The strongest indicators of fall for me, though, come down to three annual chores that I’ve grown accustomed to.
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