August has come and gone and here in the North Baltic we are well into the approaches to autumn. That means beautiful sunny days with crystalline blue skies, but days which grow inexorably shorter. At the start of August, the sun rose at 05:21 and set at 21:50 which meant we had 16 hours and 35 minutes of daylight. By the end of the month the sun was setting at 20:32 and the total hours of light had decreased to 14 hours and 05 minutes.
HOWEVER!! I did quite a bit of walking and cycling during the month.
So here are the STATS for August:
Miles traversed in August: 106
Total since starting for Lothlòrian: 273
Still to go: 189
Miles covered since start of the year: 731
Location in relation to Frodo the Fellowship: Having seen the crebain fly over, the group have started walking at night and resting during the day. They are climbing upwards on a stony mountain path and have almost reached the feet of Redhorn.
As well as my walking and cycling, this month I have been tending my garden and offer here a small photo essay on my adventures in tomato growing.
You remember what my 'babies' looked like in the beginning. This was taken on 4 April, 2009.
I had 11 little green globes and for the longest time this is how they looked.
Bit by bit, they slowly began to turn red.
And finally this is the fruit
(pun intended) of my efforts.
Of the 11 fruits 8 are now discernibly red - except for the 2 that I ate.
The days are drawing in, the nights are cooler and the sky tones warn us of what is coming. But as ever it's all beautiful. Talk to you soon!
