How would you describe the season you're in?

[petra]

Not just in the sense of "Summer" or "Winter," but of the things that happen around you this time of year.

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[desireearmfeldt]

Heat waves, local peaches and peach ice cream, heirloom tomatoes and corn, greenery and birds, (vacationing, under normal circs, but some folks are starting to try out socially isolated getaways), writing up data rather than collecting it (my job is tied to the academic semester, most of the time), lighter days, cotton or linen pants and tank or t-shirts (especially without the need for professional attire or institutional AC), bare feet, neighborhood construction, neighbors holding pool parties and bbqing, working on C6D big bang, Summer LARPin' (online this year).

I dunno...I live in a place where seasonal changes are big in terms of weather and flora, and where a lot revolves around the academic calendar. But personally I don't know if I have a lot of seasonal activities other than trying to maintain homeostasis in the face of light and temperature.

[petra]

Oo, that's beautifully comprehensive.

Around here it is currently red raspberry, black raspberry, and blackberry season all at the same time, which doesn't happen very often.

[desireearmfeldt]

Hm, yeah, I feel like we now are seeing blackberries in the farmers' market but the raspberries are already gone.

I have never been clear on the difference between a black raspberry and a blackberry. Maybe I've never seen a black raspberry?

[petra]

Black raspberries, like red raspberries, are shaped like little thimbles or caps. Blackberries are more oval and solid, not concave.

[desireearmfeldt]

Are black raspberries soft and squishy like red ones (as opposed to the...crunchier blackberries)?

[petra]

Generally, yes.

[fred_mouse]

This is the green cold bit of the year. The garden is full of weeds, but little is in flower anywhere. The exception appears to be Prickly Moses, which is a low growing wattle, which I've seen in flower in the odd bit of remnant bush around here (it is a rare person who has it in their garden on purpose). Fruit at the greengrocer seems to be just the old stalwarts, although I saw plums from the USA the other day. On the one hand, some of the apples appear to be new seasons; on the other, there are only so many apples my body will tolerate.

In terms of seasonal behaviour? Everything is out of whack and I have no idea.

[petra]

We don't get much green cold, so I find yours intriguing. Plums from the USA make sense as an export; I wonder how much curing in a paper bag they need to be halfway edible.

[fred_mouse]

We are a very cold weather green, hot weather brown place. I get weirded out other places where things are really really green.

Plums from the USA might make sense as an export, but no way am I paying those prices -- I don't even buy cherries at $17/kg. I'm suspecting a fair bit of curing, because there was no smell anywhere near them. The bananas on the other side of the aisle, which were still too green, were stronger smelling.

[petra]

We are a hot weather green, cold weather brown/white place.

Goodness, that sounds like a lot of money for cherries and plums that might as well be paperweights.

[fred_mouse]

Yeah, I tend not to buy the USA cherries either, because they tend to more watery. And because the Canadian-born member of the household would have conniptions.

[nondenomifan]

This year we have had--and there's no other word to describe it--splendidly colored leaves in our trees: the brightest and most vibrant reds, oranges, and yellows! Unfortunately, this past week has been cold and rainy and quite miserable, but today was clear and sunny--just in time for our church's Agape ladies to bring the breakfast and freebies to the recipients in our building and to take the same to others around the area! Thanks be to God!

[petra]

It has been a truly glorious year for leaves here, too. We've been enjoying the heck out of them.

It's also been an excellent year for apples and berries. Whatever weirdness is going on with the climate is good for fruit production, I'll give it that.