Autumn leaves

It seems like the autumn is beginning early this year – the leaves on the trees have already started to go brown and fall. You’d think Mother Nature would at least have the decency to wait until September before inflicting autumn on us but clearly that is not the case this year. I generally quite like autumn (my inner child particularly enjoys running through piles of leaves and kicking them about) but it should ideally come at the correct time and after a proper summer of sunshine. Given that I live in Britain, perhaps the latter statement is a tad optimistic.