Wednesday, 14 October 2015

October


October, bare fields and low slanting sun,


shiny conkers fresh out of their cases,


 and berries in the hedges.


A few years back I shared my method of making rose-hip syrup. It seems to be a good year for hips this year.



Also blackberries,


haws


and a bumper crop of sloes - good for sloe gin.


The ivy flowers buzzing with insects, an important source of nectar at the end of the season,


and here the leaves are starting to turn.




A perfect, quiet October day.


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