In the balmy air of October

When thinking of the title of this post, I wondered which word to choose,

 "balmy" or "barmy".

I chose "balmy" from the atmosphere you'd feel from the following photos.

The weather has been barmy with sporadic balmy days; 

 top-summer-like September, summer-like early October, sudden November-like days, 

with occasional breif wind storms.

 Hibiscuses were lingering long.

The pink bokeh back of the hibiscus is Crape Myrtle blossoms.

百日紅 (百日 one-hundred days 紅 crimson) Sarusuberi, Crape Myrtle, 

bloom about 100 days summer to autumn on the whitish beige barks.

彼岸花 (彼岸 Equinox 花 flower) Higanbana, Lycoris radiata, Cluster Amaryllis, 

is called so as it blooms around the autumn Equinox.

They were blooming in the sultry air late-September to October.

Sunshine is comfortable when air is crisp.

萩 Hagi, Japanese Bush Clower, is one of the wild seven grasses of autumn in Japan.

(There is 秋 autumn in that Chinese Character.)

Such a profusion of purplish pink on the powerful shrubs!

The bloom of cosmoses were much delayed due to the hot weather.

秋桜 (秋 autumn 桜 Sakura) for its shades of pink, is one of the representative flowers of autumn.

Autumn really makes up for the summer heat, especially when it was 

the record hottest and longest with the oppressive humidity.

Sports Day is back at schools and kindergartens, though on a smaller scale

 compared to the pre-covid times.

I could look at M's performance, a marching band and a relay, in person 

for the first time since her entrance to the kindergarten.

Linked to Mosaic Monday