Hello everyone,
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I'm sharing a few photos taken near the end of September showing some of the autumn foliage. The weather had been quite hot for some time but autumn arrived suddenly with lots of rain and colder weather.
I feel the chill in the air as I sit and write this post. The cold air blows through the vents in the hallway and in the apartment. It happens every year when the heat of the summer turns to the chill of autumn. I always have to remind the caretaker to adjust the air flow. I don't think it bothers too many people. There are really only 2 or 3 units that are most affected because of where the vents are located and I'm often the one bringing the issue up at this time of year.
Anyway, I took the following photos when I exited my class at the community centre from a different door from where I'd entered earlier in the day. I was surprised to see how the leaves have turned from green to the golden colours of autumn. You can see in the photos that a lot of leaves have already fallen because it got quite windy and rainy over the past few weekends.
The white bags and the umbrella have been set up by a local group that was organizing a community clean up. Many people had signed up to help out and they were waiting around for things to get underway.
This building with curved windows was built quite some time ago. It was one of the tallest buildings in the general neighbourhood at the time. However there are now multiple building projects awaiting development in the neighbourhood and they'll be 25 to 30 stories high.
Part of the City's plan is to mandate developers to build residences in the immediate vicinity of the new sky train and subway stations in the neighbourhood. One of the new stations is about a block west from where this condominium building is located. The details are in a document called The Broadway Plan which I've read. It gave me good insight into the plan for how high the buildings can be built and where they will likely be located. There isn't any land left to continue building single family dwellings. Such an expansion of high rises will definitely change the nature of the area.
By the time this post goes 'live', our weather may well have changed. It will be nice to see the sun again but at this time of year we begin seeing much more rain.
Lovely series of photos!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous autumn colors! That sudden shift to cold weather can be a bit of a shock, but the photos are lovely.
ReplyDeleteI love your leafy neighborhood. You are several weeks ahead of us in the season changing. The mornings are cool here but we are running our air conditioners later in the day.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the fall colors. Nice series!
ReplyDeleteI do miss all the color of fall living in Florida. Thanks for all the colorful leaves.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blog
ReplyDeleteThe colours of the leaves are beautiful. Hope you are keeping warm and dry.
ReplyDeletePretty fall colors. I like that building with the curved windows!
ReplyDeleteThe sun is shining in Florida right now, and I'm happy to be under it!
ReplyDeleteDear joyful 🥰
ReplyDeleteWeather is acting weird throughout the world no doubt,sudden changes are hard to cope with.predicting weather is challenging.
I hope vents will be cared of by caretaker so can feel warm !
I loved the photos and enjoyed learning about city building and plans .
The trees are most beautiful at the end of their lives strange 🥹🙏🥰