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In August,the glorious(to some) 12th, heralds the grouse shooting season in England. In Romania, the16th August is the start of the walnut harvesting season, although the walnuts are still somewhat green here ln Breaza.
The 1st September is the first day of Autumn in Romania; the first day of Spring being on the 1st March.
Mellow fruitfulness and dried lavendar from the garden.
The apple blossom in May has given forth apples from the palest green to the deepest red. There are plums from yellow to damson red, and the fruit trees on the boulevards display their fruits for anybody to eat. We seem to have hops twining around fences and shrubs, and hollyhocks and hibiscus of varying hues grows well all around.
Rudbeckias and stocks are very popular garden plants, while red geraniums, French marigolds and pink and purple petunias are favoured basket or bedding plants.
Gardens on the main street in Breaza
Some Autumn leaves.
Gourds of all shapes and sizes are now on display at roadside stalls along with seasonal fruit and vegetables, and enormous water melons. I have fallen in love with water melons which taste much better in Romania, although it is quite a struggle trying to slice them as they have a life of their own and keep rolling away.
There is a video of the storm on 20th June after theBBQ, but first, an oldie but goodie, then, more stormy weather.
Most of the leaves on the walnut trees turned yellow on the 1st September, and it feels like someone has turned down the thermostat 10 degrees, the Autumn has set in so quickly. If Spring springs into life so quicly on the 1st March I think that would be a wonderful sight in rural Romania.
La revederee, Anne-Marie
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