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'Canary Bird' rose, autumn, autumn leaves, Cotinus, goldfinch nest, harvest festival, harvest moon, Mahonia, oriental poppy, photographs, rainbow, red admiral butterfly, Rumburgh Church, Suffolk, sunsets, viburnum bodnantense, winter-flowering honeysuckle
A mini rainbow seen on a breezy day in September.
I have a few photographs of things I’ve seen this autumn dating from the beginning of September until mid October. I thought I’d make a post of them all.
A sunset seen from our back garden – again in September.
This photograph of the harvest moon at the beginning of October was taken in Norwich by Richard.
A Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) nest in our Greengage tree.
Once some of the leaves had fallen from the tree it was easier to see the nest which, when it was occupied, prevented us from harvesting our greengages until it was almost too late. Moss, grasses, feathers and cobwebs have been used as well as green plastic garden twine. The nest has been anchored to the branches of the tree by stouter grasses.
A Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) sunning itself.
Our church at Rumburgh, decorated for Harvest Festival
Richard and I collected all the fruit and vegetables the next day and delivered them to a local nursing home where they were very gratefully received.
Another sunset
I love the dark purples and greys with the slash of bright yellow cutting through
Autumn colour in October
These Elder ( Sambucus nigra) leaves have lost nearly all their colour and have become almost luminous
Cherry tree leaves in our garden
Yet another sunset!
A late and rather battered oriental poppy
The almond-scented flowers of Viburnum bodnantense
Mahonia flowers smell like lily-of-the-valley.
I like to have late autumn, winter and early spring flowering plants. On milder days when the wind isn’t too strong, their scent can be so welcome. The insects, especially the bumble-bees, enjoy the flowers too!
Winter-flowering Honeysuckle
This ‘Canary Bird’ rose is one of the first to flower in early summer. It decided to flower again in October.
The Cotinus leaves were very attractive
I’m sorry but here is one more sunset! This was the colourful one caused by storm Ophelia and the smoke pollution from the forest fires in Portugal.
My music choice today is Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau singing ‘Herbst’ (Autumn) by Franz Schubert. Here is a link to a translation into English of the lyrics.
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