september winds

september winds come cool and surprising . . . . the leaves on the trees are feeling the wind's first tug on their weakening stems . . . autumn is coming and it will soon be time for them to wither and fall and become food for the tree to which they were attached . . .
the good people at science made simple have prepared a nice series of question and answer type article that explains what happens to leaves in the autumn and winter.

my own experience of the winds is that they become much stronger around the first week of september and are very changeable such that my rides to and from work are both into headwinds. this might sound something like the stories we tell our children about walking uphill both to and from school but it's really true!! my leg muscles ache and burn all the way through september as a result of the simple fact that i am constantly pedalling into the wind.

christina rosetti wrote . . .

who has seen the wind?

who has seen the wind?
neither i nor you:
but when the leaves hang trembling
the wind is passing thro'.
who has seen the wind?
neither you nor i:
but when the trees bow down their heads
the wind is passing by.