Autumn

End of summer

In the last days of August, there starts to be a chill in the air, even when the sun is shining.  Seeing these pictures, taken one year ago, I remember how the stone (of the steps of the Harju Ridge, Jyväskylä) felt cool to touch.

Happiness is...

... tasting the season's first homegrown tomatoes:

A misty morning

Berries

Autumn is approaching. The pomes of Sorbus aucuparia are turning from to green to orange:

We have found a redcurrant shrub, which, though abandoned, carries some berries.  I find their taste a little bit too sour...

... and like much more its black relative:

No wild raspberries this year  -  Rubus idaeus has suffered much those many weeks in June-August with almost no rain.  And, according to research, severe drought stress affects the production in the next season as well: