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Joys of Autumn

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Bags Mon 09-Jul-12 21:18:49

Yellow birch leaves; first autumn tinting.

Noticed them on the tree outside my bedroom window yesterday when I got back from Derbyshire. Similar timing to last year.

Ella46 Wed 19-Sept-12 17:09:05

Lovely afternoon though anno, sunny but a bit chilly.

annodomini Wed 19-Sept-12 14:32:43

Today the weather is absolutely horrible here - brief glimpses of sun interspersed with heavy downpours. It's gone dark again now, so we're in for a shower again.

baNANA Wed 19-Sept-12 14:24:51

Following several disappointing summers, Autumns of late have been getting better and better, so much so I find myself often looking forward to this season more than the summer. Just one downside, winter will follow!

Butternut Wed 19-Sept-12 06:56:22

Flickety - Mine too. smile

FlicketyB Tue 18-Sept-12 19:13:25

Autumn colours make my heart sing

granjura Tue 18-Sept-12 18:39:19

love Spring, love Summer, love Winter - and yet Autumn has to be my favourite. The brilliance of the light, big skies, amazing colours- and the hunter gatherer in me takes over - mushrooms, hazelnuts, raspberries and blackberries- wonderful.

baublesbanglesandb Tue 18-Sept-12 18:32:03

I watched a squirrel chase a magpie around the lawn in my aunt's garden the other day. At first I thought that silly bird should just take flight, then realised they seemed to be playing as they stopped and started again. It amused me no end smile

granjura Tue 18-Sept-12 18:30:06

Bags how lucky you are - they are so magnificent smile

Planted a brilliant acer today and a hazelnut, on our boundary. Rain arrived tonight to give them a good watering. Sometimes we do need rain- as much as we don't like it.

Bags Tue 18-Sept-12 17:58:21

WOW! I really should be cooking dinner but have been watching a barn owl in the field and alongside the garden smile. A couple of magpies were chasing it some of the time. WOW again!

Bags Tue 18-Sept-12 17:05:13

There's something utterly glorious about autumn red leaves, isn't there, flickety?

FlicketyB Tue 18-Sept-12 16:49:45

Went for my morning walk through an avenue of trees today, looked up through a gap in the branches to see the sun shining on further tree which had patches of bright red leaves among the green. It took my breath away

soop Tue 18-Sept-12 16:42:53

smile

Bags Tue 18-Sept-12 16:40:00

I enjoyed the early side light on the sycamore keys that I could see from my sewing room window at half past seven this morning (yes, I do sew that early), and it has been a lovely breezy bright light day today after two days of very heavy showers and dark clouds. There's a briskness in the air (max outdoor temp here today 11.4°C) and I've got a lot done as well as having some fun 'web-bursts' between tasks. smile

Butternut Tue 18-Sept-12 15:44:16

There's something special about Autumn, isn't there soop. It's the one season that reminds me of the passing of time... smile

Greatnan Tue 18-Sept-12 14:41:43

Lovely, Soop. Autumn seems to have come overnight. I walked in the forest yesterday and there is already a new carpet of golden leaves, in spite of the warm sunshine. Still a little snow on the further peaks, on the way to Mont Blanc.

soop Tue 18-Sept-12 14:28:15

Autumn sunlight throws lengthening shadows across the rich, warm colours of the landscape. Bonfire smoke is carried on a lively breeze. Autumn is my favourite season. smile

Bags Sun 16-Sept-12 16:13:34

How lovely, butty! I'm quite envious smile

soop Sun 16-Sept-12 15:26:29

That made you smile, Butty They are pretty creatures. smile

Butternut Sun 16-Sept-12 15:05:13

A beautiful red squirrel has been scampering around the garden and bouncing on and off the walnut tree branches all afternoon. So busy! smile

Greatnan Thu 13-Sept-12 07:51:02

I have brown fingers - I can never keep a pot plant alive. My daughter used to give them to me but she gave up in the end.

crimson Wed 12-Sept-12 22:25:58

I had no idea how much bees and butterflies love sedum; I only planted a load this year [for some reason couldn't get any last year]. Also full of moths at night. Annoyingly the fuschias [I bought lots of them at a B&Q two for one day] which have done nothing all summer are now flowing away like mad just as I wanted to throw them out and put other plants in the pots. Plants always die on me except when I want them to....

Bags Wed 12-Sept-12 21:33:20

I need to scythe some rushes but Devil's Bit Scabious is flowering among them so I'll have to wait until their seed has ripened and fallen. Maybe there will be more next year. It has been too cold/wet for the bats to come out for the last two nights, but I expect they will again before they really hibernate.

granjura Wed 12-Sept-12 20:10:24

Providing the sun comes back - you'll have a bellyfull every daysmile

Greatnan Wed 12-Sept-12 19:42:32

Don't eat all those raspberries before next week!

granjura Wed 12-Sept-12 19:06:29

The phlox, rudbekias and sedums are resplendescent (sp?) and full of bees and more sphynx, like little humming birds. The woods are just beginning to turn very slightly, and the woods are full of ceps and other wonderful and tasty mushrooms. The autumn raspberries are absolutely delicious.