Every blade of grass is surmounted with a sparkling drop of cold dew, and as I walk across the silvery lawn, I leave dark footprints. Over the fence, the cattle are watching me suspiciously and the bull is rumbling a mild threat; the calves suddenly skitter off down…
Tag: autumn
I spend a lot of time looking at my feet when I’m out. Sometimes I’m rewarded with accidental abstracts like this, while I was waiting for the train to Salisbury.
I’m off down our lane, freezer bag in hand, to look for late blackberries amongst the hips and haws. Wind is soughing in the drought-tattered trees, the September sun is on my back, and overhead, a glorious blue sky is home to scooting cumulus. Behind the hedge, I…
Or, what a difference a day or two makes Our weather’s been all over the place these past few days. A long period of anticyclonal gloom gave way to bright sunny weather (to everyone’s relief) and the first frost; then we had two days of cold and snow…
… in this case, muted fall colours that matched my mood until I spent a couple of hours wandering in the forest with a friend. Time spent outdoors and concentrating on the natural world improved my outlook no end. “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit” –…
It’s that time of year again, when leaves blow onto wet pavements or roads, and form accidental compositions for people to walk past unseeing, except for us dedicated band of sidewalk spotters (we are all over the place, hidden in plain sight!). If you see someone aiming their…
Several wild windy days have started shaking apples from our two trees, which is good news for wasps, ants and small rodents, but less so for us. I’ve just started picking now – the Egremont Russets are starting to come away from the twigs fairly easily. This means…
I’m always surprised at how suddenly Autumn (Fall) arrives. This early morning, there was an indefinable coolness in the air – I don’t think the temperature was any lower but the quality of the warmth was different. The lawn and weeds were bedecked with guttation dew, and when…
Warm sunny autumn days are too precious to waste, so when I looked out the bedroom window and saw mist lying in the valley, I quickly got dressed and went out for a short walk with the camera. I’m so glad I did – it was one of…