Autumn Arrived ~ Skywatch Friday

Hello everyone, 

Welcome to my blog. 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 because I live in the only 2-3 units that are most affected by future of where the vents are located.

I took the following photos when I exited my class at the community centre.  I was surprised by the sudden turning of the leaves from green to the golden colours of autumn.  You can see in the photos that a lot of leaves have already fallen. 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 multiple buildings awaiting development in the neighbourhood and they will all be 25 to 30 stories high.  There isn't any land left to continue building single family dwellings.  The high-rises will definitely change the nature of the area. 

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, especially around the new 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 plans for substantial high rise development in what was once considered quiet neighbourhoods with single family dwellings and the occasional apartment complex.

By the time this post goes 'live', our weather may well have changed again. It will be nice to see the sun again.

Take care and thanks for stopping by my Skywatch Friday post.