Autumn

Autumn is here in Denmark. Brown and golden leaves cover the long wet grass. The sun hangs low in the sky, kind of like a tired student getting up in the morning, it just can't quite raise itself fully. The air feels thin and cold, never really catching or keeping the heat that the sun offers. We get 5 mins less of daylight everyday. But there's still hope in the air too - winter isn't here yet. You can still sit in the sun in Fælledparken in short sleeves, eat your lunch, feed the ducks and be happy.

I've been taking a break from blogging, and photography for much of the last six weeks or so. In the last year, between Denmark, New Zealand and South America I have taken over 7000 photographs (that works out at 20 every day), and I have to say, I am feeling a bit burnt out of it all. Plus add the energy that blogging seems to suck out of you, and I just haven't felt the desire.

But today was different. I found a guy here that I really want to work for - I spent the morning here in the library reading some of his articles. He is GOOD! I finished my second job application, which made me feel like I had achieved something. And then I went in sat in the park for an hour or two, ate lunch, and farted around taking more bad pictures to add to my collection. There was a duck there that was splashing around and throwing water up in the air for about half an hour, in some sort of display. The ducks on the other side of the lake thought it was interesting too, and started doing it in response. Then they noticed that somebody was watching, and decided that they should all stop, kind of like guilty children playing a game when an adult walks in. "Oh no, we're mature and good children. Honest". A crow came along, sat on my bike, attacked the handlebars for a while, shit on the brake levers, and then left again. Everybody was happy.

I like Autumn.