What happened to this month? One day it was sunny and warm as summer lingered here in the north. For a while, I was somewhat confused by all the school buses on the road twice a day … surely it was still mid-August.
Then I merely blinked and now we are in the final days of September. It’s chilly, overcast, and definitely feeling like autumn is here. As I try to warm up by the fireplace, I wonder where the month went and why was it in such a hurry to leave.
These are some of the sights from my September. Click on a photo to enlarge.
Midway at CNE
Snowbirds – Air Show
Gibraltar Point Lighthouse
Beach on Toronto Island
Son #2 – 2nd from left
Tough Mudder Pyramid Obstacle
Fine Dining
Samsung Smartphone
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Samsung Smartphone
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Forgot to say: lovely photos 🙂
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Thanks 🙂
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I know exactly what you mean, here in the UK we had a really good summer compared to usual and it did linger…so much so that I couldn’t understand seeing all the school kids walking in their uniforms while the days were still glorious. Alas, it’s at an end, it’s getting chilly again, except it’s perfectly normal (over here anyway) since October is on our doorstep but…because summer lingered, I feel like september came and went without me noticing.
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That’s exactly how I feel too. We went from glorious August warmth, to the chilly winds of October.
Oh well, they don’t call us hearty northerners for nothing 🙂
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Haha I’m just a soft southerner, as we are often described here in the UK, since we live right on the coast and can see France on the other side on a clear day. Of course, I’m really French, and Burgundy might be pretty much in the middle of France but it gets very hard winters, so I’m not that soft. Now, to explain this to the english northerners… 😉
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Lovely photos Jo, sorry to hear you are still not fully there with the shoulder. It can take a while though so don’t give up hope. I had a frozen shoulder for 18 months, but eventually (and after several painful (body and wallet) visits to an osteopath) it got better. Our September weather was insane until the equinox when suddenly it remembered what September should be like! I am hoping that October will still be pleasant before those short dark days descend…
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Thanks Jude. I’m starting to appreciate that broken bones can take a long time to heal … especially when dealing with a rather large displacement.
The good news is I can do most things with just a few restrictions. That’s not bad 🙂
It sounds like we had a similar summer. I’m hoping the fall is good to us … otherwise the winter will feel very long.
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Joanne, my favorite of your September photos are: the bridge with blue tent camping out, the pretty beach with long shot of the dark rocks out into the water and pretty beach and the beautiful fountain with pretty spray of droplets,aswellas pretty floral planting arrangements.
I have heard a years time for mending older broken bones. I assume this means our mother’s and father’s ages. . . 😀
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LOL! I’m starting to appreciate that I now fit in the category of ‘older’ bones 🙂
Although I’m still in denial enough to want to believe it’s a function of the unusually large gap in the break and not my age 😉
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You are so right about your break and serious gap to create a challenge in healing, Joanne. I was just teasing you about age! There is a big difference from my Mom’s age and her hip breaking last August and consequently still not fully feeling “good.” 😀
By the way, in my comment (must have been “pretty” tired), I repeated that word so many times!
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Love that bridge. Not that I’d walk or ride or drive on it. But to take a picture from a distance would be great! 🙂
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The broken bridge that’s barricaded because it’s unsafe? Good call 🙂
… but I agree it’s very photogenic 😉
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Glorious photos, Joanne! Loved the fountain! September vanished in a snap … before I could fully enjoy it as much as I usually do. We’ve had a few frost warnings already …
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Thanks Rebekah. We haven’t reached temps quite that cold yet, but I do love this time of year 🙂
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These are fantastic photos, Joanne. Especially love the airshow one. But I do feel for the poor soul living in the tent under the bridge. Where do they go in winter? 😦
Here, we are about to launch into the final term for the school year. I feel like I only just finished first term…. I need one of those flashing signs they have on the roads that say “SLOW DOWN!”.
Btw, we call candy apples toffee apples and cotton candy is fairy floss. Just because.
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Thank for liking the airshow photo! I’m very proud of that one … it wasn’t easy to capture a decent photo.
I was a little concerned about the tent under the abandoned bridge, but nothing about the area suggested that a homeless person was living there. I don’t really know what to think.
Toffee apples are also commonly used here. I don’t like them, never have, so I don’t tend to pay attention to them. Fairy floss however has a very nice ring to it. It would still taste disgusting, but such a lovely name. When we were kids, we called it candy floss. I’ve never heard it referred to as cotton candy.
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Cotton Candy is American isn’t it? Maybe your fair came from across the border. We also say toffee apples and candy floss. I never liked toffee apples because the apples were always so soft – ugh! And do not get candy floss in your hair (as I did when helping to make it at a bonfire party once) sticks like glue…
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I’ve always disliked toffee apples for the same reason … and the toffee is never that good anyway.
I can just imagine the mess candy floss in the hair would make 😀
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Beautiful photos. It’s still hot here, although the humidity is dropping. Your pics remind me of how clear and sunny October around here should be.
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I’m hoping this weather hangs around until at least the end of October. When we have a long beautiful fall, winter doesn’t seem quite so long.
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As I look outside here Joanne now most of the trees are bare. The wind seems to have had its way with the lovelies. Hoping this month as it flew by has brought some healing to you. xo
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I think we’re still a few weeks away from bare trees. I noticed a lot more colour when I was out today … all the early reds.
I still have a long way to go in the healing dept, but at least I can do *most* things now 🙂
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This month pictures are great, very vivid, very colorful. I can’t believe September is almost gone. Time is flying!
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Thanks! I enjoy looking back on my month of photos and seeing how the month evolved. I think that’s why I like this particular challenge 🙂
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Yes, where did September go?? I enjoy autumn,Joanne, but we must find a way to slow down time!
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I’d just as well not mess with time! With my kind of luck lately, we’d be slowing down the bad parts 😉
Hopefully autumn will be rich and bountiful in all the ways that matter 🙂
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I hope you’re feeling better. Is that collarbone healed?
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Unfortunately the bone isn’t fully healed yet. I have another followup date in 2 months to monitor it
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Wow. That’s a long recovery, Joanne. 😦 Hopefully you’ll be back to new soon.
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Me too. But in the meantime, I’m happy that I can resume most activities again.
One of the forbidden activities is push-ups. Awww … what a shame! 😉
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Ha ha. Poor you!
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I know, right?!!
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Definitely the best time of the year, Joanne, and your photos paint it in all its glory! I like the one of the fountain, but the ones from the phone are actually perhaps my favourites!
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I should know better than to leave home without a camera. Of course I would find all kinds of interesting things to capture while out for a walk. Thank heavens for camera phones!! 🙂
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Awesome shots!…So many that I REALLY liked….Top three..wow! Love the muddy boys and climbing the wall. The angles on Gibralter lighthouse and the jetty…super! And, I can’t believe you get such great images with your cell phone! ❤ ❤
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Thank you. Maybe I shouldn’t be so reluctant to use my phone more often!
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Not at all…you have great pics. My phone sucks! Though it’s an iPhone it’s one that didn’t take good pictures. One day I’ll get a better camera phone. For now, I’ll use my camera.
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I will always prefer to take photos with my camera. Although looking at the photos from yesterday’s outing, I can’t always rely on getting even a small handful of decent photos 🙂
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One of the reasons I like digit…I can take as many as I like which increases the odds that one of the will be a good one.
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That’s exactly my approach too 🙂
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Fun photos. Loving these fresh fall days – so much better for hiking!
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I agree!! These are the perfect hiking days. Unfortunately I found out yesterday that my hiking partner is off to Denmark next week for a month. I’m thrilled for her, but less excited for me 😦
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Beautiful images, and the fountain wins. 🙂
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Thanks 🙂
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Wonderful photographic memories of a season that went by waaaaayyyy too fast!
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Didn’t it though?! September is one of my favourite months and it was in a terrible hurry this year. I’m sorry it couldn’t stay around longer.
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While I’m sad to see summer go, I do love fall hiking and the leaves turning. Only problem is that it leads to winter. I’m going to enjoy the warm days while they last. Please send that bacon truck down to Virginia – we love our bacon around here!
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Everything is better with bacon! 🙂
I was looking forward to lots of fall hiking until I discovered yesterday that my hiking partner is heading to Denmark for a month.
As happy as I am for her, I’m sad for me. By the time she comes back, all the fall colours will be gone 😦
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You need more hiking partners!!
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I know 😦
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The summer was gone, then August disappeared and now September…?!?
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You know what that means. Ugh.
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Let’s not talk about it…. Christmas is nice though. 😀
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I cannot quite believe where September has gone either, as you say one minute it was still summer and boom October is knocking at the door. Fortunately the weather has stubbornly refused to follow the months into autumn here, the mornings and evenings are a bit chilly but the days are still really warm and sunny, I hope October stays like this too, certainly no need to light a fire yet!
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I love this fall weather and like you, I hope it hangs around for a while! 🙂
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Amazing sky at Gibraltar Point. I’m happy to see autumn (fall!) arriving, it’s my favourite season 🙂
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That was such a perfectly beautiful day!
I’m loving this weather and hope it stays around for a while 🙂
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Looks like a fun month. Hope your Autumn isn’t too harsh, and your shoulder is healing well.
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Thanks Su. Early predictions are that this will be a rough winter – lots of snow. Oh well.
I imagine you’re happily watching spring unfold. Sigh 🙂
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Brrr. So far Spring has meant mainly rain, rain, flooding, more rain, roads closed, landslides, rain. Did I mention rain? 🙂
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Sorry about all the rain. Maybe you could send some of it to California. They could use a good soaking – or 10.
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Wouldn’t that be wonderful if we could share weather around and take rain where it’s needed. I’ve just read that storms cut out the electricity in THE WHOLE OF South Australia yesterday. Hard to believe! The Big T is in Melbourne this week, and they are meant to be getting the storm next. 😒
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Unfortunately there is a huge imbalance in precipitation right now globally and storms seem to be more numerous and more severe.
… but the naysayers still deny climate change. 😦
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I guess they can’t feel the floods and/or droughts with their heads buried in the sand!
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Your autumn our spring, your winter our summer…. sorry but I am happy to see our summer
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That’s usually how I feel about the approach of summer too 🙂
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Well that’s just all kindsa lovely! I wish it would cool off more here, but I’ll take what I can get. 🙂
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Oh , I think you would LOVE the temperatures here in the fall. Temperatures in the low to mid 50s at night rising to the mid to high 60s during the day. Ahhh – lovely!!
This is MY kind of weather 🙂
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It’ll be close to a month before we get that here!
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I don’t even want to think about what our weather might be like a month from now. Early forecasts suggest it will be a rough winter.
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I can’t believe how fast this month has gone by!
Your smartphone images are fantastic! I’m so looking forward to my new phone arriving! Unfortunately, it’ll be another month or so before it arrives.
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Thank you! I rarely think to use the camera on my phone, but I didn’t have my camera with me on this walk. I was glad to get some photos that weren’t too bad 🙂
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I rarely think to use my camera when out and about as well. I wonder if that will change once I receive my new phone? I bought the new iPhone 7+. I’m so excited to get it! I’m still using an iPhone 5 and even with additional camera apps my images made with iPhone aren’t that good.
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I didn’t realize there were additional camera apps available. I wonder if there are Android ones too? I’ll have to take a look – thanks. Sometimes it’s just more convenience to not be carrying a camera.
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Oh yes, there are quite a few camera apps! My favorite camera is Camera+ and Low Light ProCamera, VSCO, and Pro HDR.
Snapseed has an Android version.
I always carry a camera. If not my Df then my little Lumix FZ200 and my cell phone. I wonder if that will change at all when I receive the 7plus? I have high hopes for the dual lenses in that version.
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Seems like this is the way it goes every year. Hot one day, cold the next. Not much in-between for a transition. Here’s hoping next summer your collarbone will be bicycle-racing-safe.
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This is actually my favourite time of year to ride because the temperatures are so much cooler and all the country roads have that overgrown look.
Alas, I have no one to ride with. Looks like any riding I do will be solo.
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Too bad you’ll have to ride solo. But look at the bright side. At least you’ll win every race.
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There’s always a silver lining 🙂
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I love all of your photos, Joanne, but the one of the Toronto beach is striking. September was the same here. Warm, warm, warm until yesterday when it turned cool and rainy. The month went by in a flash, but here’s hoping we still have some nice days in October for our bike rides.
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One of the things I’ve been discovering is that Toronto has a lot of beaches! I had no idea.
On this particular day, I discovered the beaches on the islands for the first time. I was quite fascinated by the water on either side of this breaker wall.
There is also a clothing-optional beach on the island much further down the shoreline, but I didn’t think anyone would appreciate a rubbernecker going down to take blog photos 😉
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Thank you for not being a rubbernecker. I prefer to see photos of bear, not bare. Or photos of water and a breaker wall.
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lol!! It’s funny you should mention bear. Helen and I were talking about that yesterday. We’ve encountered many deer and rabbits in our travels, but the only bear I want to see is from the inside of a car!
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I agree with you there!
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All of a sudden, our temps have shot up to the 90s so it definitely still feels like summer here. But, at this very moment, I am sitting out on our deck enjoying a lovely, warm evening and, hopefully soon, a gorgeous sunset so life is grand. Oh, and a rainbow is forming to the east. Wow, Mother Nature is putting on a show.
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It sounds lovely!
In comparison, our lovely sunny day degenerated into a cloudy, windy afternoon and rain for the rest of the week.
I’m glad the heat and humidity are behind us now. Ugh – not my favourite.
How is your hip doing? Are you still using a walker, or have you graduated to a cane yet?
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Our dry heat is definitely easier to live with than humidity.
My hip is doing well, thank you! I am no longer using a walker or a cane. I’m not 100%, not yet dancing, but I’m getting around with very little limp.
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That’s amazing!! Your hip is recovering much faster than my collarbone!
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Hard to believe October is just around the corner! My very favourite time if year 😄
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Well that’s weird that I showed up as anonymous!
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So YOU’RE anonymous!!! Is this a new identity you’re trying on? 😉
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I commented from Facebook the first time. Maybe that’s why?
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oh – interesting. You wouldn’t think your apps would forget who you were.
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I got nothin’!
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It’s mine too … at least until the REALLY chilly stuff shows up 🙂
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I was just wondering myself where our summer has gone. Great pics (that even made me homesick). Thanks for sharing!
Donna
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Thanks Donna. This weather is actually my favourite – cool, often outright chilly nights, followed by pleasant daytime temperatures. I’m going to enjoy this while it lasts – because it never lasts long!
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Well you can always come here where it’s a seasonal 105 degrees! How’s the collarbone?
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I’m enjoying these cooler temperatures after the sweat-fest of a summer we had.
This to me would be perfect winter weather 🙂
My collarbone is still mending – slowly. I’ve been given another 2 months until the next xray to check its progress. I had no idea it would take so long!!
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Oh boy! These things really do drag on! Well hopefully it will start feeling much better before then.
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Wow, at least you have been a lot of places and taken a lot of photos in Sept., Joanne. I need to think and maybe regroup 😉
Have a great evening.
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Thanks Helen. It doesn’t feel like I did much – except maybe sit and mope a lot. But at the end of the month when I can look at my photos, I get a different story. It’s kind of cool.
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