My little garden friend

It is autumn and the spiders are building huge webs to try to catch their local human. They are succeeding.

Hamburg Late September

Later late summer. Every time the wind blows chestnusts rain down from the talls trees above. 'Clunk, clunk' they go as they land on cars below. 'Ow ow', you say as they land on your head.

Among the autumn leaves the occassional mushroom.

Patonga Inlet

Patonga Inlet had an autumnal feel early this morning as the sun rose over a flat calm sea.

Hamburg: Elbe Frolic

Late October, a sunny Sunday draws people out of their homes to catch the last late autumn sunshine on the banks of the Elbe. Dogs frolic, people meander and the mood is mellow.

 

 

Great enormous container ships grind their way along the Elbe ...

 

and a sailing boat drifts past.

Autumn = Herbst

Autumn, autumn (Herbst, Herbst) and out come the umbrellas. Leaves are starting to turn,
and bright berries are everywhere.
Most leaves are still green in Hamburg but the days are noticeably shorter (2 minutes shorter each day) and it wont be long until everything is yellow ... then bare.

Central Otago

Anzac weekend in Queenstown.

There is no snow on Coronet Peak yet but I suppose it wont be long.

Autumn colour in the garden.

The Shotover River.

Cromwell Dam Reflections.