I should have been on my annual trip to London today, but everything is catching up with me and I needed catch up with some jobs etc. The trip has run for about 25 years and it has become like a family outing so I a bit disappointed that I couldn’t go. To make up [...]
Archive for the tag 'Autumn'
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100 Photos 42 :: Autumn Colours
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 30th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
Shades of Autumn
For a few weeks now I have been wanting to go to Attingham Park to check out the autumn colours. Yesterday was the ideal opportunity. The weather was so lovely and for once I wasn’t already busy doing something else. It was even warm enough to sit outside in the sun and enjoy coffee and [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 19th 2009
Filed under Gardens, Science & Nature
My Garden in Autumn
Autumn Fires
In the other gardens
And all up the vale,
From the autumn bonfires
See the smoke trail!
Pleasant summer over
And all the summer flowers,
The red fire blazes,
The grey smoke towers.
Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall!
Robert Louis Stevenson
20 Comments CherryPie on Sep 9th 2009
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Fleeting Visit
Yesterday I managed a fleeting visit to Wollerton Old Hall Garden. The weather was a bit drizzly so it was not a day for lingering and sitting down to enjoy the view. The gardens were lovely as ever and I managed to get a few pictures without hordes of people in the way which was [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Aug 31st 2009
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Autumn is in the Air
Yesterday I distinctly felt autumn in the air. On closer examination I noticed that leaves on the trees are just starting to turn to those beautifully rich autumn shades and the shrubs are bearing berries.
Autumn seems to have arrived earlier than usual and just one other thing. What happened to summer?
21 Comments CherryPie on Aug 27th 2009
