So September is here and with it comes thoughts of ordering firewood against the winter cold (they are predicting a worse winter than last year – how is that possible?) and making sure that any summer and autumn chores are all done before the cold starts. It all looks (and feels with extremely hot days) like summer still, but with the days getting shorter so quickly now and school buses on the road again, the heat of the sun and drowsy afternoons we are still enjoying just have a different and more poignant feel about them.
It’s time to get out and enjoy what’s left of the last of the summer if you can, at a lakeside, like this one or on the beach. Winter will be here soon enough.
Yes I saw on FB that Steven has a workshop in the USA and I was wandering if you join him. In the meantime we have again sunsine but the sun is deeper and deeper and not so strong any more and also days are getting shorter… I already miss the summer :o( Have a good time there! is Joni with you?
What a great way to do it, +Lynn David Newton and I agree, it would require either heavy horse or some other equipment to drag out 6 cords of wood (and all kinds of time). We don't really have any woods to speak of, nothing like that. When you think that our wood probably comes to about $1500 a year, it would be a terrific savings if you could. But we don't use any other heat, not really, except in the shoulder seasons. On the other hand, we have all kinds of scraps from the workshop to get the embers to spring to life again every morning. The fire never goes out from the time we light it in the late fall to the end of the winter.
The reason I asked about dragging wood was when I lived in Maine I had friends who would harvest dead and fallen wood from their property. I don't know if any of them had enough to get 6 cord (one person had 75 acres), but it was enough to save them money in a place where people counted every penny. (I'd think for some people the effort and cost of doing it yourself without dedicated, expensive, heavy equipment would outweigh the savings. But they did it in Maine.)
+Ursula Klepper thank you for those kind thoughts. I am now spending a little time in the eastern part of the US where Steven is working,and am really enjoying it. I'm glad you like the photo, my friend and I hope you get better weather soon.
+Marie-helene De Cevres avec plaisir, merci beaucoup !
+Ahs haq thank you. You too.
+Diana Watts/Wertz thanks a lot, Diana.
+Sandra Nesbit I have the same urgent need to go and sit in the warm sun, I wonder why? 😁 Thanks for the comment about the photo, I'm glad you like it.
+luca lancieri​ thank you very much, I really appreciate that! You have a great theme there, the +RE SHARE FRIDAY​ page sharing the work of others.
+Margaret Tompkins and +Landscape Photography​ page thank you very much. And thank you also for selecting this to be a part of the weekly collection.
+Heiko Mahr I know, I feel the same way! Another Ice Age it would certainly feel like, I imagine. Thanks for the compliment, too , Heiko.
+Lynn David Newton We have about 3 acres of mostly landscaped garden with some orchard and small pine copses. We have big maples but they are features of the property and we wouldn't cut them down. Sometimes we get some branches from them that come down in storms, though and they get cut up. We order 6 cord of wood a year, usually, too much for us to begin to get from anywhere.
I hope we all have a mild and gentle winter. But we will have what we have… and wishing won't change that.
Sue, thanks very much. I love the different seasons, yes, even the winter, but after the last one, I do hope we have quite a while before the bitter winds begin to blow and white stuff starts piling up. +Sue Harris
Thanks very much +Valerie Liney – it was indeed.
+Sairam Sundaresan hello Sairam! Thank you so much for that, it means a lot, from my landscape mentor himself!
Thanks very much, Sumit. +Sumit Sen
+Susanne Stelle Thank you so much dear Susanne. Isn't it wonderful to see those beautiful skies, and even if you didn't have a camera, you had the vision of it and can keep it in your heart to remember as best you can. And memory can make the colours richer, the mist more ethereal and the rays more striking which a photograph won't do for us.
Thanks so much for that lovely comment, +Merle Nienhuis – I hope you have more of the great imagery weather and skies, but don't wish for you the winter we had. I guess if we have another like it, we will at least know we can get through it again.
+Linda Jess thanks very much Linda. I really look forward to doing that. Soon.
This is a wonderful image, I love the colors and the mood! I hope you enjoy your last summer days ( we have lots of rain and cold weather) and I keep my fingers crossed for a not too bad winter! xo
Stunning peaceful time
Have a lovely day.
Très joli photo merci
Just beautiful, love the picture. Thank you for sharing…..
So restful and beautifully captured.
But, Ellie, a winter worse than last winter???? Think I will make this my last post and go outside now…while I can!
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Ellie so interesting to hear you are getting ready for winter where as we are into the 3 day of spring down here in Oz . Seems only yesterday I was there watching Steve stack the wood in the basement ready for LAST winter ..
Select this beauty for my +RE SHARE FRIDAY and shared on page, have a great day dear +Ellie Kennard 🙂
Wonderful colors and reflections!! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing with the #LandscapePhotography theme!! It's my pleasure to share your amazing photo to the +Landscape Photography page! Check out all the great photos there including yours!!
Wonderful serene landscape
A worse winter than last year?
this would mean a new ice age in your case +Ellie Kennard
Same as here. Except you get more. How much land do you have? Do you guys ever drag any portion of your own wood?
Wonderful, soft lighting and colours, beautiful reflections! Looks so tranquil and serene! Yes, indeed – hope you and your family and friends get to enjoy every last Summer and Autumn day! And that the Winter will not be too cold! 🙂
How peaceful it looks
Very very soothing, Ellie! 🙂
+Steven Kennard
A picnic it will be , my friend and you guys are such cool people and wonder if all Nova Scotia is so cool !! Or in sub zero in a few weeks::) Hug your loved one , my friend::):))
+Merle Nienhuis a lovely day to you too and many more to come before the summer ends
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Go for a picnic
Very beautiful!
Autumn arrived also here in Germany, It was pretty foggy this morning with a beautiful sunset trough the dust ( and yes, no carmera with me at 6.30 😟) A wonderful picture, dear +Ellie Kennard
+Ellie Kennard
A lovely day to you and Steven and wishing you guys a beautiful fall day !! The Autumn feel is in the air and yet summer breezes still evident ::) I agree with you ::: How is that possible ?:::: We in the Pacific Northwest had no winter last year and if we got a quarter of what you had last year , we would have simply died::lol::)) But boy for fantastic imagery with high surfs and heavy black clouds and gorgeous sunsets over the snow capped peaks::)) You have pretty day and very nice seeing your work up here,sweet and nice lady::) Hugs dearone::):))
Lovely shot Ellie and so peaceful. Maybe we can get out for some evening walks when you get back
Yea sure