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In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.”
– Terry Pratchet
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Alexanders, Beech leaves, Cow Parsley, Hairy Bittercress, Dandelion Flowers , Cleavers, Primroses, Ransoms, Sweet Violets, Hawthorn, Lime leaves, Red Clover, Ox-eye Daisy, Garlic Mustard, Wild Garlic
Category Archives: autumn
Seeing Red (or September’s emblazoned flowers)
I’ve not done a flower post to join in with Chloris’ Monthly Top Ten Flowers meme for a while now. My focus has been elsewhere and quite frankly the flower bit of the garden isn’t brilliant this year. However, as … Continue reading
Six on Saturday – Eeek, it’s December
01-12-2018 Oh wow, it’s December already. Have you got your advent calendars out? Have you got all your spring bulbs in? I’ll be honest, I’ve been beavering away on this task on and off all week to meet the end … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Six on Saturday
Tagged #NationalTreeWeek, #SixOnSaturday, Gardening, Indian Bean Tree, Photography
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Six on Saturday – Senescence and decay
17-11-2018 This week the leaves fell off all the trees around here and the landscape is now looking shockingly bare. It has really changed the feel of things. The light has changed. The protective canopy has gone. This cycle is … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Six on Saturday
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, Fungi, Gardening, macro, Melianthus major, Photography, Rust, Six on Saturday, Topiary
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Wordless Wednesday – The value of set-aside
Posted in autumn, Out and about, Trees, Wordless
Tagged Autumn colours, Beech woods, countryside, Photography, Shepreth
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Six on Saturday – The Long Goodbye
What a glorious autumn we are having. We’ve had some frosts, which have carried the dahlias etc off, clearing space for the coming week’s bulb planting. They also helped the colours ramp up, so there is now a great show … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday – Moments of brightness
Posted in autumn, Wordless
Tagged autumn, Gardening, ginkgo, orange, Photography, Sunshine, tithonia
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Six on Saturday – Snippets and seeds
It’s been a mad week: A wedding coming up this weekend, so clothes etc. to sort out, family to gather up from universities, food to prepare for an autumn feast at work, plus a special birthday to attend. On Monday … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Flowers
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, chrysanthemums, Cosmos, Gardening, Photography, seeds, Six on Saturday, Symphyotricum
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Six-On-Saturday: Storing up treasures
13-10-2018 Today’s morning dogwalk encompassed sunshine, blustery winds, fallen trees, a couple of rain showers and a lovely double rainbow. Straddling the seasons as it were. It was also very warm, 26.5 deg C by lunchtime if my car is … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Food, fruit
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, Everlasting flowers, Gardening, Harvest, Preserving, Six on Saturday
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