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| 24 September 2026 |
When Rosemary and I lived in Mexico until 1975, she would
tell me of the lovely fall colour of her home town, New Dublin, Ontario. I had
somewhat of memory of that because in my Buenos Aires as a little boy we had
the four seasons. In Mexico it was only two - the rainy season and the dry
season.
When fall arrived in our Vancouver gardens I can remember
how Rosemary on her very flexible knees would cut back her perennials and the
ugly (in her eyes!) yellowing hosta leaves. I waited until the last moment to
prune my roses (hers, too) slightly as the heavy duty pruning is done in March.
Today is Thursday, 24 September. It is a grey and now rainy
day. I am cold and I will have to connect my oficina heater. I am melancholy as
no matter what season or day I miss the presence and company of my wife.
I do a lot of lying (not laying you Canadians!) on my bed
with my affectionate Niña and I postpone
writing my blogs. Perhaps tomorrow I will fill the gap.
These three leaves I found right next to my parked Chevrolet
Cruze this morning and I knew I would have to scan them as they are beautiful.
Fall with its soon to happen winter diminishes my every day
scanning. I might do some more. If not
these three leaves are a great way to go.
The word autumn comes
from the Latin word autumnus, which means the passing of the year.
The above is my only use for AI. I place a word followed by
a comma and etymology into Google.