I thought they'd flown south but here they are, the birds are back. It's been a mild fall so far, sunny, blue sky, great weather to go for a walk. Meanwhile, back at home, the birds are having a great time at the bird bath. Photos taken on November 8, 2022.
You can't get much further west than here in the West End of Montreal, we are adjacent to the Town of Montreal West. The leaves have changed colour or are in the process of changing colour and it's good having four distinct seasons, each season and each month in that season is a little or a lot different than the preceding season, and the next season coming up.
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At Loyola Park   |
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| On Fielding Avenue |
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| Corner of Chester and Belmore |
When August begins the days grow shorter; now it's getting dark by 8 p.m. There is also the smell of August in the air, it's something I've noticed since I was a child; that smell of August coincided with shorter days and told me that summer didn't have long to last and then it was back to dreaded school in a few weeks and the end of my freedom. Now, the insects are singing at night, I hear them before bed around 11:30 p.m. and again at 5 a.m. I used to think fireflies were finished their business by mid-July but this year I saw them at the beginning of August; they say it was a hotter than usual summer but it seemed an average summer for heat except for the fireflies. Now we are on the downward slide to fall.
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