Days
are getting shorter, and we are seeing more cloudy days. Mother Nature
is looking forward to getting watered. Leaves are falling, and fall
foliage is on albeit not as spectacular as in the north westerly part of
the USA or Canada but pretty all the same.
Die Tage werden merklich kürzer und dunkle Wolken stehen am Himmel. Mutter Natur freut sich, endlich bewässert zu werden. Das Laub fällt von den Bäumen, die Blätter verfärben sich. Auch wenn der Indian Summer nicht so spektakulär wie in Nordamerika ausfällt, ist es doch jedes Mal ein schönes Farbenspiel.
On my recent walks around town I discovered not only the colour change but also the rich bounty of berries. Every season has its beauty.
Auf
meinen Spaziergängen entdecke ich nicht nur den Wechsel der Farben,
sondern ein große Fülle an Beeren. Jede Jahreszeit hat eben ihre eigene
Schönheit.
A reward for a 10k walk around the block was seasonal lunch: Pumpkin carrot cream soup.
Passend zur Jahreszeit habe ich mich mit einem saisonalen Mahlzeit belohnt, einer Kürbis-Möhren-Cremesuppe.
The soup sounds delicious. I will be searching for a recipe. Are all those berries edible?
ReplyDeleteMost of the red ones aren't edible, Richard. In fact some of them would be messing with your digestive system, not toxic per say but certainly inedible.
DeleteWatch out Sonja, where there are a lot of berries, there are bound to be hungry fat bears :)
ReplyDeleteOh yes, it's very dangerous to linger around, many bears here, huge and beautiful bears, the best bears in the whole... no wait... wrong country ;-)
DeleteAll the pretty berries! On my walk today I noticed some white berries along the roadside ditch. I didn’t get a pic, but they were pretty. Alas I don’t know what they are.
ReplyDeleteI love your photo with the purple flowers and fall foliage. They really stand out. Seems like all our flowers are done for the year.
My mom told me the white ones are called "Knallerbse" literally translated "pop pea" because of the noise they make when squishing them. Common snowberry is what they might be called in the English speaking world.
DeleteIst das so ein Knallerbsen-Strauch am Maschendrahtzaun? ;-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxwXozLR2IA
Delete🤣😂 dass das noch jemand kennt. Musste auch sofort daran denken.
Deletewelch fantastische Herbstfotos! Hier sind die Baeume inzwischen so gut wie kahl (ist immer nur ein 2-Wochen-Fenster fuer tolle gelbe Aspenblaetter) und wir haben nicht einen Ausflug gemacht weil wir so beschaeftigt waren. Dies war fuer mich der persoenlich bescheidenste Herbst bisher deshalb :-(.
ReplyDeleteJa, das kenne ich noch aus Calgary. Trotzdem sind die Aspen immer wieder ein besonderer Anblick, vor allem kombiniert mit blauem Himmel und womöglich schon bepuderten Bergspitzen.
DeleteVery beautiful pics, Sonja! On a hike last weekend I also came by some pretty fall foliage - on poison oak. Yeah, pretty for sure, but better to be observed from a safe distance! ;-)
ReplyDeleteOuch, not a pleasant experience if you get too close 😉
DeleteCool pics SonjaM, the assortment of berries is impressive even if most aren't edible....
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dom. Some of them might be edible when cooked, some are without the pit, but I wasn't keen on trying.
DeleteJust lovely Sonja! Are the black berries called elderberry? That triggered memories from my childhood in the UK. My grandma used to make wine in big stone flagons. She used the elderberry flowers in spring to make a sparkling white wine and the berries in fall to make a red wine. I was allowed to have a small glass of both!
ReplyDeleteThat's what my mom and I guessed, too. Elderberry wine? Never heard of such, my mom would make syrup out of it. A friend of mine makes liqueur. Seems a very versatile fruit.
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