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Monthly Archives: September 2013
One misty, moisty morning…
……when I drew the curtains back and saw mist covering the garden, I knew it would be a good day for photographing the spider’s webs in the garden.
A Golden Glow for September GBFD.
When the curtains are first drawn back in a morning, the light is different, there is a golden glow now which is so different from a couple of weeks ago. The leaves are starting to turn colour and with all … Continue reading
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Tagged Acer, Amelanchier, autumn, autumn tints, brunnera, Fern, Hosta, pittosportum, pontaderia, stachys, succulents, zantedeschia
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Berry delicious.
Autumn berries are ripening up all around us, so far the birds haven’t eaten many, but then, it hasn’t been too cold yet to kill off all the insects which they feed on. Maybe it is too soon to say, … Continue reading
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Tagged Apples, Arum, autumn, Berberis, berries, blackberry, Cotoneaster, Elderberry, feeding birds, Hawthorn, Honeysuckle, Pyracantha, sloe
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GBBD. September flowers.
We were warned by the weathermen that our summer was coming to an end and the first Autumn storm was approaching. Some of the flowers are looking pretty wet, but in a rare splash of sunlight when the rain stopped … Continue reading
Stars in their own right.
This is the time of year when we can see how busy the ants have been. I suppose really what we are looking at is the result of what the ants were doing a few years ago, as it takes … Continue reading
We escaped for just one day!
Yesterday, Sunday, we escaped with others from church, on a coach trip to Lulworth Castle and Cove which are in Dorset. The 17th C castle originally started out as a hunting lodge in 1608 and has entertained 7 of our … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic chapel, dinosaurs, fossils, Jurassic coast, Lulworth Castle, Lulworth Cove, rosa rugosa, rosehips
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Flying visitors keep coming.
There is no stopping the butterflies that keep coming to the garden. As well as the normal visitors that we usually have, we have had a couple of firsts, for this garden anyway. You also have to watch where you … Continue reading