It's Autumn and It Shows

Products of Autumn by Anna (LadyDuck)
By Anna
@LadyDuck (470776)
Switzerland
September 22, 2016 10:53am CST
Today is the first day of autumn, the sky is cloudy and the air cool. I have noticed, in the grocery store, the typical products of this season, pumpkins, chestnuts, mushrooms and venison. Autumn has come early this year. The cool weather and the rain have anticipated the end of the summer that has been far to be a great summer. I have bought a pound of chestnuts. I love them roasted on a wooden fire. The smell fills the air and brings back memories of my days in school. It's time to switch from salads to soups and to put in the closet the summer clothes. Do you already feel the autumn where you live?
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Sep 16
We are back in summer weather for a few days but by the weekend it should feel like autumn and I can start making soups again.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 16
Our summer has been rainy and not very hot, I am almost happy that it's finally autumn.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Sep 16
@LadyDuck I love autumn so I am ver glad
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 16
@BelleStarr I love the colors, the leaves are already turning yellow and red.
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• United States
22 Sep 16
Nothing different here, sun is out, it will be 91. My husband loves chestnuts but we don't have an open fire for him - he does them in the microwave.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 16
We are going to roast the chestnuts on the fireplace. I like the smell, I like the chestnuts and tomorrow I will hate to have to clean the fireplace.
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• United States
22 Sep 16
@LadyDuck We have gas firec place so I don't think that would work.
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@thelme55 (76843)
• Germany
23 Sep 16
@LadyDuck i love the smell of the chestnuts roasted in a fireplace.
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• United States
22 Sep 16
I saw the Autumn announcement on Facebook. Not looking like Autumn yet but I think soon!
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 16
Here unfortunately it looks a lot like autumn. It's almost cold today.
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• United States
22 Sep 16
@LadyDuck oh it's gloomy here too surprisingly! We got a little rain for the past two days now! But the leaves aren't really crisp if not already they're slowly having pumpkins at some stores but not many!
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 16
@infatuatedbby The leaves are falling here, I have to put the net on our pond.
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@moirai (2853)
• Philippines
22 Sep 16
Well, in my country, we don't have those four seasons. So, no, it does not feel 'autumn' where I live. But I love seeing your (part of the world's) pictures of autumn. The colors. They are beautiful.
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@moirai (2853)
• Philippines
22 Sep 16
@LadyDuck Yes... But come to think of it, images of each of those four seasons are all beautiful.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 16
I know that you only have two seasons. I love the colors of Autumn, I think that this is the season that I like most.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
23 Sep 16
@moirai Looking at the photos even winter is beautiful, everything covered with the snow. When you have to shovel the snow is less funny.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
22 Sep 16
I know that it's coming, but it's been quite pleasant in England today. The leaves are falling though, there is a carpet of them in my back garden.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
23 Sep 16
It's much better today, the sun is back and the temperature nice. The leaves are still green, but falling on the ground.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
24 Sep 16
@jennyjoy The ones in my garden are just brown, but the ones still on the trees are reddish now.
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@jennyjoy (1957)
• Bangalore, India
24 Sep 16
Are the leaves shades of yellow,brown,rust and red.In pictures these look pretty.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
22 Sep 16
This week up until now it has been summer-like although there's that coolness at night that heralds the autumn. I do love this time of year but hate what it brings- Winter! Btw I love seeing the wares in your markets in Switzerland and that beige pumpkin is here too and is my favourite type!
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
23 Sep 16
@MarymargII In the bags on the left of the pumpkin there are cubes of pumpkin, for people who do not like to have to clean and cut it. On the further left there are sliced white mushrooms.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 16
I also love that big beige pumpkin, I am going to make gnocchi, soups and even a cake.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
23 Sep 16
@LadyDuck You're a good cook I know so realize all that will be scrumptious! ha! What is that in the bags- looks like yellow fortune cookies?
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
22 Sep 16
I cannot say that today s very much different to yesterday, but we are gradually drifting into colder weather.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
22 Sep 16
@LadyDuck That would be hot chocolate with brandy of course.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 16
The cold has started yesterday with the rain, today it does not rain, but it's even cooler. It's time to have a hot chocolate in the night.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 16
@Asylum Brandy, rum or whisky are all fine with the hot chocolate.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
22 Sep 16
Yes, the weather is changing! Here we have what is called "Indian Summer", which can be a little spell of warm summer weather. Hope we get one of those this year!
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
25 Sep 16
@LadyDuck Yes, it is summer's last struggle before the cold weather puts it to sleep for about 6 months.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
25 Sep 16
@1hopefulman The only things still around from summer are the mosquitoes. I am right back from the garden and they bite me.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 16
The colors of your "Indian Summer" must be beautiful to see. I have only seen photos and documentaries.
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@rebelann (112738)
• El Paso, Texas
22 Sep 16
Well sort of but by no means is it cool here, it'll be in the 90s (32 or above celcius) for a while yet but we are getting more days in the 80s mixed in.
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@rebelann (112738)
• El Paso, Texas
23 Sep 16
That's cold to me @LadyDuck but then it is a desert here so naturally our climate is much hotter than beautiful lush Switzerland.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
23 Sep 16
@rebelann The mornings are cooler, around 55 F, but it's not yet cold. The real cold days come at the end of December when we drop below 30 F.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
23 Sep 16
It's very hot where you live, here in Switzerland we are lucky to have some more sunny days and a temperature in the 65 F.
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@LeaPea2417 (37334)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 Sep 16
It is still hot here in the afternoons. Early this morning, I felt a faint coolness in the air that seemed like Autumn is slowly arriving here.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 16
Your part of the world is warmer. I think that we are going to have some more sunny days, but the hot weather is over.
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• Midland, Michigan
23 Sep 16
I'm hoping not to feel the autumn here too quickly, for that means the colder weather is around the corner too. Our temps today was 75 yet it was quite muggy which normally doesn't happen until the temps rise above eighty, so that was different. And, there wasn't any wind to cool any of us off. We finished our second of the two larger buildings of the condo's today. It went much better than last week since we got it done in one day instead of a day and a half, although we did have another guy to help with the taller balconies. We have mushrooms all summer long in our stores, although the pumpkins have been out for just over one week now and some of the decorations we sell too like corn stalks and hay.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
23 Sep 16
The temperature is around 55 F in the morning, that is pretty cool for the season. Today is sunny and right now the temperature is 65 F. We also have farm mushrooms all the year round, but not the kind of mushrooms (the porcini) that only grow in the woods and only a couple of months a year. You cannot even compare the taste with the others.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
28 Sep 16
@MarshaMusselman I think that you are talking about morels, they are also pretty expensive but very different from the Porcini. I would never put mushrooms on a pizza.
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• Midland, Michigan
28 Sep 16
@LadyDuck Maybe your porcini is similar to our Murrells. Not sure of the spelling on that. I personally can live without mushrooms. If they are big and juicy on pizza's then I pick them off and give them to my husband. I don't know that farmer's markets in the area sell Murrells, but I do know of a few friends to go to the woods to find them each year.
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• Eugene, Oregon
22 Sep 16
Yes, it has been in the mid 40 degree range the last two mornings and cloudy as well. Anne is in Salem (60 or so miles north) and there was a huge and unusual thunder storm last night. Leaves are falling already too.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 16
@JamesHxstatic It's already evening here, I am going out tomorrow early in the afternoon.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 16
We had the same weather last night, an unusual thunder storm that has lasted several hours. The leaves are falling on our pond, that I have not yet covered with the net.
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• Eugene, Oregon
22 Sep 16
@LadyDuck Oh, that sounds like the job of the day.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
22 Sep 16
@LadyDuck no, Autumn felt here. I am so envious. I hope we see and feel signs of it soon.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
23 Sep 16
@HazySue Thank you, I surely prefer the cooler months, at least when you are covered it's pleasant to stay outside and to go for a walk. During summer some days are too hot to do anything.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 16
I do not like the hot weather, but it's almost too cold in the morning now.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
22 Sep 16
@LadyDuck I always say you can put on more clothes to keep warm but can only take off so many to stay cool. I like the image of Autumn you invoked in my mind when you were describing it in your post. Well done.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
23 Sep 16
I have felt autumn in the air for the last month, even while temps are in the 90s. Sounds grow distant and it is actually a feel in the air.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
24 Sep 16
@RubyHawk I think that from now on the temperature should cool down a bit every day. It's sunny today, I wonder if next week they are going to harvest the grapes.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
23 Sep 16
The air is different, even today that it's sunny, the sun is not as bright and it was a few days ago. I love this season.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
24 Sep 16
@LadyDuck it was a little cooler here. We went to the park to walk, but it was still too hot to do my usual two miles, I most likely walked 3/4 the distance, maybe in a day or so.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
22 Sep 16
We don't feel it today as the high is supposed to be in the 90's again. Weatherman says that changes tomorrow.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
23 Sep 16
@LadyDuck Still a high today in the 90's...now they say tomorrow for temps to drop. My daughter has her baby shower planned Oct 2 in a gazebo in the park. I'm just hoping for a not cold day then!
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
24 Sep 16
@marsha32 Usually the beginning of October is not yet cold, I wish you luck for October 2.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
23 Sep 16
Today is warmer, we are around 65 F now, that is a pleasant temperature. The leaves are still green, but they are falling.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
23 Sep 16
I can feel the air cooling down at night which is typical of the Ber months here as we approach December. We don't have fall season here.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
24 Sep 16
@LadyDuck Yeah I've seen fall on tv and in the pictures. A student of mine sent me a maple leaf she picked in fall and had it laminated. With a note that says, "want you to see fall."
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
24 Sep 16
@toniganzon I have picked up several leaves and I pasted them in my scrapbook. I love the color of the leaves in autumn.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
23 Sep 16
I like this season, it's my favorite, not cold yet, but no more as hot as summer. The colors are beautiful.
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
24 Sep 16
I spotted some colour the other day. Couldn't help but see glowing red. And that moon, oh my goodness. I can't believe you roast chestnuts. Wonderful.
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
25 Sep 16
@LadyDuck Thank you for being here. You make a world of difference in my online life.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
25 Sep 16
@Bluedoll You are so kind, I am really touched by your words. Thank you.
@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
24 Sep 16
We roasted the chestnuts on the fireplace, the smell filled the house, I love it.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 Sep 16
no, the only 2 seasons we have here are the dry, and the drier. hahaha!
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
23 Sep 16
Oh, very strange, some from your country complain about the humidity.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
26 Sep 16
@ridingbet When the humidity is high we feel the heat much more and it is unpleasant.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Sep 16
@LadyDuck yes the humidity makes me sick too.it gives ma too much sweat especially while i am driving home at 3pm.
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@thelme55 (76843)
• Germany
22 Sep 16
No. I still feel the heat of the weather in my home country. I will not be able to see the Autumn this year. I could smell the chestnuts. I love them roasted.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 16
Do you know if also in Germany it's pretty cold right now? Today I had to wear a sweater.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
22 Sep 16
@thelme55 It was 12 º C this morning, at noon we had reached 18º C, that is not too much.
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@thelme55 (76843)
• Germany
22 Sep 16
@LadyDuck it is 20°C in some parts of Germany. In the early morning, it is 10°C. Fall is at the doorsteps of Germany.
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
23 Sep 16
Here in our country we dont feel season changes like yours. Almost little hot weather we have all over year.... But I like to feel the seasonal changes. I think its awesome. Next you are getting winter, right?
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
23 Sep 16
@amandajay Yes, this surely is the reason. I love to look at the snow if I can stay inside and I do not have to go out.
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@LadyDuck (470776)
• Switzerland
23 Sep 16
I have read from other people that they do not have the four season in their countries. Yes, next we get winter and this is not a season that I really like- We get snow and it's cold, very cold here in Switzerland.
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
23 Sep 16
@LadyDuck I love snow...as I have never experienced it. May be thata why I love it. Hehe....
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