I am sitting at my computer this morning and I can hear a flock of geese coming towards my house. They fly in "V" formation and the lead goose seems to squawk out commands. In my neck of the woods, when "The geese are on the move" (as is the expression round here), it is the very first sign that Autumn is coming. Soon the mums will bloom and the leaves on the trees will change color.

At Pixies we have a diversified grouping of people from all over the world. I was wondering.....as the seasons change, whats the first sign Mother Nature sends your way?

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Here in the US south, we usually see a little break in the heat & humidity somewhere in October...

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I am sorry...what are seasons??? and how do they change??? Here it will be a while...like almost mid October/November before the leaves really change, what few do. We always drive up to NC to go see the pretty ones

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well here in the temperate zone of southern Australia, the golden wattle burst into flower as a sign of oncoming spring.
The nectarine tree in my back yard has green buds now and the bloody grass is staring to grow, come October I will have to mow it twice a week

well since it's going from winter to spring, nature won't call as often each day

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Our fall here in Illinois will not be as good as usual here due to no rain and about half the trees have lost their leaves already. Any other year here in about 4 weeks the maple leaves would be 100's or colors and my drive to work would be wonderful.

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we only have one season in england. bloody cold all year round.

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Well, here in Michigan we only have two seasons.....Winter, and Construction!
You can tell it's Spring (aka Construction) when the orange construction barrels sprout on virtually ALL roads!!

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From August to September temperature goes down rather rapidly. The first leaves start becoming yellow already and almost nobody (compared to the really hot days) goes swimming in the lakes any more.

I like one thing when Winter is coming: you can smell the clearness of the air short before the first day it starts snowing.

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Lixy, here we get the ducks and geese on the move as well but I really love it when the leaves start changing. I hope you all don't mind if I indulge in sharing a few pics I took last fall

These were actually taken in October last year, but I can't help but share them with you. This first one is my son in front of some wild grapes that grow on our fence

~Sassy

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And this is the Yakima River just a few miles from my home.

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Here's one ...

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... and two

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If you like the photos ... posted some current as of this morning in Sharni's "Show us a bit of......" thread (also in General Chat).