Green leaves in mid-December
Under the big oak at the end of my road - one of my favourite trees in London.
There’s been plenty of things I’ve been meaning to blog about lately - Alabama 3 at Jamm in Brixton playing an amazing acoustic set (with our West country buddies J.E.V.E. rocking to a full house), Christmas madness on Oxford and Regent Street, how Apple makes geekery cool, the del.icio.us buyout by Yahoo! and our lovely new flat (got the keys last night, whoop!) - to name a few.
But the overriding concern on my mind at the moment is why are there still green leaves on the trees in mid-December?
I wasn’t here last year to see this change in seasons to remember when exactly things happen but I’m sure the leaves should have fallen by now. I haven’t even kicked through any large piles of unsuspecting leaves this year (not easy in London but there’s normally the odd heap, trapped by the wind in a street corner, just waiting to be kicked about).
What’s going on?
Apparently the experts at Kew predicted that leavees would still be on the trees at Christmas. But don’t get knickers in a twist about Global Warming - throughout history we’ve had peaks and troughs like this…
Being back in Europe has been a treat for Autumnal Glory… and who knows, maybe some snow for xmas. I love Blighty.
A great gig, indeed. As for the trees, my theory is the seasons are shifting.