今朝は冷え込んで少し霜も降りたようです。iPhoneのアプリでは最高気温１１度になっていましたが、実際にはこの辺りは外は８度でした。家の中はそれでもまだ２０度近くありますが、やはり寒く感じます。

Early this morning the temperature dropped to 0 and apparently there was some frost in the morning.  Although my iPhone tells me the highest temperature was 11C, our own thermometer we have in the garden didn’t go higher than 8C.  It’s still almost 20C inside but it does feel colder.

今回の隔週で届けていただいているお花が今日届きました。（今回も１日遅れで届きました、連絡なし、いつものことですがこういうとき、やっぱり日本とは違うよね、と思います）、秋色紫陽花でした。前回はグリーンに暗い赤い色が入ったものでしたが、今回はブルーにパープル。とても素敵。

Our subscription flowers arrived today.  They were supposed to arrive yesterday, there was no message from them about the delay, this annoys me as it wouldn’t happen in Japan.  Is this normal here or is it just this company?  Anyway, the flowers are autumnal hydrangeas again, the last time they were green with some dark red, this time blue with purple.  Very pretty.

iPhoneで撮ったせいもありますが、暗くなるのが早くなって画質が悪くなりました。この写真を撮ったのは３時過ぎなのですが、最近太陽の位置が低くなっていて一部強い陽が差しています。そして、今４時半なのですがちょうど陽が落ちている時間でもう薄暗いですし、家の中は電気をつけないと真っ暗に近いです。

The photos have lots of noise because it was quite dark when I took them.  Using iPhone didn’t help but it usually works OK.  It was around 3.00pm when I took these photos but it was already quite dark inside with a very strong sun coming in from the side as the sun is getting lower these days.  Now it’s 4.30 and the sun is just setting and inside the house is very dark if we didn’t have the lights on.