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Quote of the day:
“What wondrous life is this I lead!
Ripe apples drop about my head;
The luscious clusters of the vine
Upon my mouth do crush their wine;
The nectarine and curious peach
Into my hands themselves do reach;
Stumbling on melons, as I pass,
Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.”
~ Andrew Marvell
Forage in October for:
Sweet Chestnuts, Sloes, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips, Hops, Walnuts, Haws (Hawthorn berries), Wild Strawberries, Cleavers, Burdock Roots, Rowan Berries
Tag Archives: autumn
Danger: Flying Fur Balls!
Posted in Bees, Wimpole Hall
Tagged Asters, autumn, buff-tailed bumblebee, Bumblebees, Common Carder Bee, Gardening, ivy, Ivy bees (Colletes hederae), Photography
15 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Golden Wisteria
Posted in Plants, Wordless
Tagged autumn, Autumn colours, Gardening, Photography, Wisteria
7 Comments
National Tree Week 2019 – Day 3: Looking at trees in new ways
As if trees (and woods and forests and jungles) weren’t magical enough of themselves, I have discovered that I am also slightly obsessed with them when used as the basis in a number of quirky, conceptual Land Art* projects. So … Continue reading
Posted in Trees
Tagged Andy Goldsworthy, autumn, Conceptual art, James Brunt, Joanne Hedrick, Land Art, Simon Max Bannister, Thomas Jackson, Trees, Zander Olsen
18 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – A silent, but hypnotic leaf fall
* Gustav Klimt‘s Portrait of Adele Bloch–Bauer I (1903-1907)
Posted in autumn, Trees, Wordless
Tagged Art, autumn, Gardening, Golden leaves, Gustav Klimt, Photography, Silver birch
7 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Moments of brightness
Posted in autumn, Wordless
Tagged autumn, Gardening, ginkgo, orange, Photography, Sunshine, tithonia
10 Comments
September Wildlife Sightings – On the cusp
You know that autumn is here when the spaces between everything in the garden are filled with large webs and, more disturbingly, large spiders. There are loads of garden cross spiders stretched across our front garden path waiting pendulously to … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, birds, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged autumn, Bees, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Photography, Ponds, spiders, wildlife gardening
10 Comments
