I’m writing the BLOG late Friday afternoon, not long before the trip to the airport for a night flight to Chicago then to Montreal to connect with the Rotterdam for a ten-day voyage to see fall color.  Here the sweet gum trees are turning yellow.  Some of them will be multi-colored a little later to provide San Diego with its fall color display.  Please don’t mistake mention of the absence of a traditional autumn in San Diego as a complaint.  This is a wonderful place to see the seasons pass in other places of the world.  A couple of weeks ago the temperature got up to a notch between 100 and 105 degrees, and it was hot.  I agree with that, but it’s not a complaint.  Margaret and I are putting sweaters and long-sleeved shirts into our luggage for the trip north… but we’ll be glad to be back home by the end of the month… before icy winds glow across New England.

The pictures today are typical of autumn in San Diego.  In the first picture, that faint line of hills in the distance on this fuzzy day is Mexico. This picture looks the same as it will look in the dead of winter and in the height of summer.  Eucalyptus and Palm trees don’t change colors to indicate the season.  The Second picture includes a couple of other types of trees, but the color will be the same in all seasons.