The Last Day of Summer

We've been enjoying a very late summer warm spell.  Indeed, the past four days have been hot! - definitely felt like summer.  It was up to 26°C!  Then today it dropped to 12° and it feels really chilly.  But yesterday I rode down to the harbour as I often do, and just felt like I was soaking it all in, to save until next spring arrives.

I started out riding down the Collingwood Street hill, beside the overgrown fence covered in wild grapevine turning bright yellow.  It is fall after all, even though yesterday was the last day of summer.

Around the corner there was a bright yellow tree, though I haven't seen much red yet.

I made it down to the harbour and watched our resident pair of Mute Swans swim slowly away from me.

Heading west I did find hints of reddish/orange leaves up in a Sugar Maple.

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And there, coming along the sidewalk, was a dog in a wheelchair, managing quite well too!  I've seen pictures of this, but I've !never seen a real live disabled dog!

And across the street was a prize-winning scarecrow, built with an upside-down wheelbarrow as the base, the handles stuck down in a pair of rubber boots.  Yes, that's a very realistic looking crow sitting on its right arm.  Best I've seen yet!  And with that I think summer has left us!