Tell me Tuesday: How is climate change affecting your autumn?

Like long walks with the dogs so they can run around like maniacs and get utterly filthy while we enjoy the foliage.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stanley enjoying a long, dirty fall walk © Jessica John

Helping my friends as they make batch after batch of delicious pickles to get us through the winter. (And by helping, I mean selecting the appropriate music and staying out of the way.)  Trying yet again to learn how to bake pies.  Bringing my boots up from the basement, ready for action.  And one of my favourites: apple picking.
Sadly, the apple picking in Ontario is looking a bit sad this year.  Harvest Ontario reports that 85% of the Ontario apple crop was lost due to a mild winter, warm spring weather and late killing frosts.  It’s another reminder that that everything from a greater number of extreme weather events to the loss of Arctic sea ice (which reached a record minimum this September) – largely due to climate change – is affecting our day-to-day lives more and more.
And it’s not just apples.  Apparently cherries had a rough year as well, as WWF’s Facebook friend Pilar pointed out, and water levels in Ontario lakes and rivers are running very low, as Glenn and Leandra noted.  So, we want to know: have you noticed any effects of/related to climate change in your area?