Tuesday 17 November 2015

November warmth



We are still being blessed with warm, sunny November days and on a walk through Dereköy today, I passed these massive pumpkins in an orchard of citrus trees and couldn't resist stopping to take a photo.  The mix of oranges, greens and sunlight captured for me the essence of a perfect November day. 


Apart from feeling good, November smells divine as the loquat tree on our terrace is in flower. The blooms aren't much to look at but their scent is heady. It drives the bees wild and as I step out every morning I first hear frenzied buzzing before the perfume hits me.  It's a great way to wake up.



There wasn't much left in the garden and a bout of unaccustomedly energetic gardening has left the flower bed pretty bare.  I collected all the last blooms to make the largest bunch of the year only to find that I didn't have any big vases and had to leave the flowers in the sink until I found a bucket to accommodate them.
I'm sure that posting this is an open invitation to the gods to send us rain but at least I can look back in a week's time and remind myself how blissful November can be.

7 comments:

  1. Beautiful autumn colours...

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  2. Love the pure blue sky behind the loquat tree and your garden flowers are gorgeous. I think the gods are going to spare us until next week at least. Enjoy!

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  3. My fridge bound butternut squash does not look as delicious as your pumpkin photo...but hopefully the soup it will be turned into later today will evoke the warmth and colours you describe so beautifully. I'm missing the warmth of late autumn in France....rain and cold here loom large, but soup will help !

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  4. Derekoy is one of my favourite Bodrum villages (I wonder why?). Enjoy your November days. We've just been battered by a storm the Met Office called Barney. Yes, they're giving storms names these days. As we life in a loft, the commotion made for an entertaining night.

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  5. Absolutely loved seeing these warm autumn colors and the sunshine, gorgeous, enjoy it - lots of wind but a still mild temperature at this end in South east England, pleasant. Cok sevgilerimle, Ozlem xx

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  6. around our cabin plot in the mountains there are many deciduous forest trees along with all sorts of fruit and nut ones - the colours are astonishing! Enjoyed your photos.

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  7. All the warm colours of autumn without the frosts! I am loving it! And love my pumpkins too! You have a pumpkin follower here Annie!

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