OCTOBER IS HERE!

 

Can you believe it's October 1st already?  Where on earth did the summer go?

Here in Manitoba Canada, we are just weeks away from our first snowfall.  Yes, snow!  Typically our first snow is around Halloween, but last year we had a huge snowstorm on the Thanksgiving Long Weekend ( the second week of October).  

That wasn't normal, and no one was near ready to start winter that early - but we did - the snow stayed until April... it was a very long winter indeed!

Hopefully there won't be a repeat of that event this year.

As nasty as last fall was, this fall has been glorious.  The colours have been brilliant this year, and although a lot of the leaves are already on the ground, there are still some places around where you can find some gorgeous fall colours.

I took these photos a week ago on one of my morning walks...

As pretty as these colours are, nothing beats our unbelievable prairie skies - especially when they frame a golden crop of corn waiting to be harvested.

I took this photo this week while we were stopped on the highway for construction vehicles to pass.  There was a storm promised for later that day, and in this photo you can start to see the clouds moving in to the area.  The combination of blue sky, huge puffy clouds and the golden dying stalks of the corn just took my breath away.

Is that not a beautiful view of a approaching storm?

I hope we get more days like this one through the month of October.

So much nicer than snow...