Here at 49.5 degrees north and 11 degrees east, we’ve just had that sudden transition from the hot and humid days of summer, to the beautiful sunny days of September. It’s still very warm, but the shadows are now longer and deeper and cooler, and the sky now a deep and inviting blue. And of course the evenings are cooler now and sleep comes easier and deeper. And then there’s the sunsets that bathe the apartment in all the various tones of red.