Tag: autumn
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Autumn colours…
I was beginning to feel a bit cheated by Mother Nature this autumn – what had she done with all the traditional colours? Around here, the reddy-golds have been in very short supply. But today I realised there were other little gems to discover… The bracken fronds were dripping with diamonds… Hips were doing an…
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Turning brown…
We seem to be having an odd autumn around here. I watched our local avenue of horse-chestnuts change from green to dusty brown without stopping at all in any part of the yellow/gold spectrum. Red seems to have been missed out almost completely – except for the holly berries which are trying very hard to…
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Childish excitement…
Hands up those of you who can honestly say you don’t sneak the occasional conker into your pocket at this time of year. I’m sure I’m not the only adult who still gets a little thrill finding a new glossy brown conker on the ground – a split-second regression to playgrounds and autumns past… My…
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Daily devotions…
The wonderful thing about having a dog, is that whatever the weather, you are duty bound to take it out for some exercise. Although it was a family decision to have a dog, and we all had our individual reasons for wanting one, my rationale, was that I wanted a proper excuse to go out…
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