{"id":694,"date":"2007-11-17T11:48:03","date_gmt":"2007-11-17T10:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=694"},"modified":"2007-11-15T10:15:26","modified_gmt":"2007-11-15T09:15:26","slug":"unrelenting-the-seasons-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/17\/unrelenting-the-seasons-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Unrelenting, the seasons change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/1773395513\/\" title=\"Drops, bordering on fall by Unhindered by Talent, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2159\/1773395513_2420815b11.jpg?w=450\" alt=\"Drops, bordering on fall\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apparently they&#8217;ve had snow back in Morris, but we&#8217;re not likely to see any of the white stuff here in Colchester.  The leaves are turning with enthusiasm, however, and it&#8217;s definitely crisp when Sub-Evil and I walk in together in the mornings.  We&#8217;ve even seen a little frost.  Hats and gloves are good, but a sweatshirt with rain shell is sufficient outerwear if you&#8217;re walking.<\/p>\n<p>Colchester is one of the drier parts of the UK as it has about the most land west of it of any location on the islands.  We&#8217;ve walked in some intermittent drizzle, but I&#8217;ve yet to walk any distance in real rain.  (Sub-Evil&#8217;s not been so lucky, however, and got drenched one day coming home.)<\/p>\n<p>The photo is from a nice park\/green space in Colchester (see <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps\/ms?ie=UTF8&#038;hl=en&#038;msa=0&#038;ll=51.889551,0.905943&#038;spn=0.006807,0.019569&#038;t=h&#038;z=15&#038;om=0&#038;msid=102746226075428018064.00043ee139979171d0b3e\">map<\/a>) that was the Quaker cemetery from the mid-1700&#8217;s to the mid-1800&#8217;s.  Sometime after they quit using it as a cemetery, they donated it to the city.  Remaining head stones were moved to the edges of the space, leaving a wonderful little park.<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/colchester\/\" title=\"Colchester\">Colchester<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/leaf\/\" title=\"leaf\">leaf<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/my-photography\/\" title=\"my photography\">my photography<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/photography\/\" title=\"Photography\">Photography<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/sabbatical\/\" title=\"Sabbatical\">Sabbatical<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/seasons\/\" title=\"seasons\">seasons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/weather\/\" title=\"weather\">weather<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/20\/with-joy-shall-ye-draw-water\/\" title=\"With joy shall ye draw water (20 Nov 07)\">With joy shall ye draw water<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/03\/23\/no-snow-for-xmas-but-we-got-a-white-easter\/\" title=\"No snow for Xmas, but we got a white Easter! (23 Mar 08)\">No snow for Xmas, but we got a white Easter!<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently they&#8217;ve had snow back in Morris, but we&#8217;re not likely to see any of the white stuff here in Colchester. The leaves are turning with enthusiasm, however, and it&#8217;s definitely crisp when Sub-Evil and I walk in together in the mornings. We&#8217;ve even seen a little frost. Hats and gloves are good, but a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/17\/unrelenting-the-seasons-change\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unrelenting, the seasons change&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[25,27],"tags":[46,43,65,869,875,45,44],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-bc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":819,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/03\/23\/no-snow-for-xmas-but-we-got-a-white-easter\/","url_meta":{"origin":694,"position":0},"title":"No snow for Xmas, but we got a white Easter!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"23 Mar 08","format":false,"excerpt":"We've dodged a fairly serious winter back in Minnesota while on sabbatical this year, and we've had no snow and very little cold weather over here in Colchester. In a fit of weird timing, however, we had something like an inch of big Bing Crosby stuff today. I've not actually\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":722,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/26\/short-cut-road\/","url_meta":{"origin":694,"position":1},"title":"Short Cut Road","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"26 Nov 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Gotta love cool street names. This is in an area just north of the Colchester City Centre called the Dutch Quarter (see map).","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":717,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/25\/stepping-into-the-unknown\/","url_meta":{"origin":694,"position":2},"title":"Stepping into the unknown","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"25 Nov 07","format":false,"excerpt":"The tour of Colchester Castle not only took us down to the Dungeon, but we also got to climb up onto the roof. My pictures from up there aren't terribly interesting, but I liked the staircase on the way up :-).","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Family&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Family","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/family\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":706,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/20\/with-joy-shall-ye-draw-water\/","url_meta":{"origin":694,"position":3},"title":"With joy shall ye draw water","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"20 Nov 07","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a detail of an old public water fountain set in the wall of a \"great house\" here in Colchester. Apparently something like 9 houses were destroyed to make room for this monster, so perhaps the fountain was an attempt to assuage some guilt? For those who would like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":688,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/14\/a-very-old-joke\/","url_meta":{"origin":694,"position":4},"title":"A very old joke","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"14 Nov 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Something from the Colchester Castle that's a bit more light hearted than Rendition. I loved this face on an old Roman pot. Amazing how a wonderful little quip like this can both physically survive the thousands of years, while also having it's cultural content can so obviously survive across all\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":832,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/04\/07\/off-to-methwold-old-vicarage-all-because-of-a-visit-to-peakes-house\/","url_meta":{"origin":694,"position":5},"title":"Off to Methwold Old Vicarage (all because of a visit to Peake&#8217;s House)","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"7 Apr 08","format":false,"excerpt":"A mentioned earlier, our friend Jane stayed in Peake's House, a wonderful old Landmark Trust property here in Colchester. 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