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“Nor will I then thy modest grace forget,
Chaste Snow-drop, venturous harbinger of Spring,
And pensive monitor of fleeting years!”
~ William Wordsworth
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Alexanders, Bittercress, Burdock Roots, Cleavers, Chickweed, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips
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Category Archives: autumn
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
25 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – The value of set-aside
Posted in autumn, Out and about, Trees, Wordless
Tagged Autumn colours, Beech woods, countryside, Photography, Shepreth
7 Comments
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
10 Comments
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
14 Comments
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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Six on Saturday … don’t amount to a (small) hill of beans
06-10-2018 Lovely, it’s raining hard. I’m grateful, I really am, but I can’t help wishing it would do it at night … when I am not walking the dog or wanting to dig up some ground elder. Easier to justify … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Food, Plants
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, Beans, Echium, Gardening, Hops, nerines, Photography, Six on Saturday, Walnuts
15 Comments
