Friday, September 24, 2010

Haiku for the week

How soon the air cools,
The leaves redden and then fall!
How quick the bones chill!



The transitional seasons here in Beijing have been attenuated to the point of non-existence this year.  Repeated relapses into frost nibbled great chunks out of what should have been our spring and early summer; and now, although the skies are dazzlingly clear in this holiday week, there's been an abrupt drop in temperature, and it feels as though winter is already on our doorstep.  Bloody 'global warming'!

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