Fresh Air, With a Side of Sinus-Clearing

The park I walk through on my way to work has been having some tree surgery.  In consequence there are piles of branches, leaves and wood chips on the edges of the paths.

As a further consequence, when you take a deep breath (as I did this morning, which was a perfect sunny, crisp and clear Autumn day), you inhale eucalyptus oil.  It's like inhaling one of those eucalyptus throat pastilles, except with the bonus of lovely scenery and fresh air and sunshine.

This:

 Comes from these:

Autumn in Fitzroy

I wish I could capture the magic of this evening as I walked home from work.


The warm weather we're having this week brought people out onto the street, drinking wine, making it feel like late summer ... but then the dusk was definitely autumnal.  The long drawn out twilight combined with the lighted up buildings to make everything seem extra luminous.


And there I was, walking along Brunswick St with a bunch of red freesias in one hand (held aloft, a la Statue of Liberty) and a small, perfect, orange pumpkin (homegrown, gift from a workmate) under the other, feeling like the véritable Spirit of Autumn.  


I wish you could have been there.