the shrooms begin to emerge.
The cotoneaster berries burst forth.
The verbena extends it’s final fling, attracting the last of the butterflies and bees.
The geese fly back and forth each day, filling the air with their melancholy calls.
The tomatoes are torn from their pots and replaced with leeks and kale, and the last of the runner beans are harvested for their seeds next year.
The Autumn lettuce and spinach comes up along with the winter greens, onions and garlic.
And Finally…
the first pumpkin patch has been visited and pumpkins purchased.
Until next time, stay safe guys.xxx
Thanks Brenda, I think autumn has to be my favourite season.xxx
Lovely photos. They really capture the feel of fall.
I love autumn too, I’m a fan of all things bright and beautiful. I do love the fly agaric toadstools, they sure are dramatic. Oh goodness, how lucky for the magpie that you were able to rescue it. Wonderful that it will be released. I always dread finding injured creatures while on holiday, it’s always so much harder to find a rescue. Thanks Keggy. Hope all is well with you.xxx
I do like this time of year. All the colours. The berries and falling leaves. The cooler temperatures but golden sunlight. Your photos are so lovely. Especially the fly agaric.
I thought about you last week when I was on the Isle of Wight on holiday and found a badly injured magpie. After a lot of ringing round, I managed to get him to a woman who rescues birds on the other side of the island. She sent me a photo 3 days later to show how he is recovering. I am delighted that he will be released in the next few days. It is reassuring to know that there are people like you around to care for these poor creatures.
We had a visit to Clumber Park and the signs of autumn were abundant – strangely the oaks were acornless.
Goodness, I wonder why the oaks are acornless? I must check my oak tree. I really must try and visit Clumber Park. Thanks Sue.xxx
Just returned from on holiday and catching up with missed posts. Yours is the very essence of autumn; I could almost smell the wood fires! Lovely photos. I must get out there and see what our veggie patch has left to offer. I fear I may have a bit of a pumpkin glut – we harvested 2 before we went and more were ripening. Thank goodness for Hallowe’en! xx
There is always a lingering smell of smoke each autumn isn’t there. It’s log burner season here now, you can’t beat curling up in front of a fire. I hope you had a lovely holiday, good luck with your pumpkin glut, you’ll be set for glowing pumpkins for sure. Thanks VeggieMummy.xxx
What a fabulous Autumn post 🙂
I enjoyed your lovely photographs.
Enjoy October.
All the best Jan
Thanks Linda. I can’t believe it’s mid October already! Where does time go?xxx
A season in lovely pictures.
We’ve had toadstools and funghi of various types appearing where we haven’t previously had any.
The Pumpkin field was an interesting sight. Nature’s own beach balls!
Xxxx
Thanks Menhir. I just love discovering mushrooms and toadstools each autumn. I do hope you post some images of yours. Pumpkin fields are a lovely sight for sure.xxxx
The geese flying high in formation and calling in that distinctive way must be a wonderful sight and sound. Lovely butterflies too in your photos along with the bees. It sounds as if you’re ready for Autumn (having got your pumpkins)! Enjoy the season as you continue with your gardening and family life.
Oh, the geese certainly put on a spectacular show. Autumn has certainly arrived in all her splendour. I’m hoping we have a mild one. Thanks Linda.xxx
A lovely autumn post, your vegetable crops are doing well. I love the photo showing the geese in the sky, and so many of them! I wonder where they go for winter? We don’t have any birds that migrate in such masses.
Have a happy autumn week.
Thanks Gerrie. It’s always good to have crops in the ground over autumn and winter. The geese will stay for weeks now, they all have different hunting and resting grounds. It’s a sight to behold seeing them all lift off together.xxx
Oh yes indeed – and I love these photographs – especially the one of the sky filled with geese….absolutely beautiful. Enjoy a lovely autumn weekend. Janet XXXX
Thanks Janet. You just can’t beat a sky full of geese. Hugs.xxxx
Best of the season! Wonderful photos.
Amalia
xo
Thanks Amalia, autumn is such a beautiful season.xxx
I can’t figure out if that’s a lady bug or a berry in the first photo. It’s certainly bright!
All of the colors in your photosare bright and beautiful: autumn’s on the way.
We’re still warm and green, but the days are getting shorter, and eventually the change will come. Your verbena reminds me of our blue mist; it’s so full and vibrant now, and covered with butterflies. And you have geese! It’s still very early for them here. They usually don’t arrive here until November, but we do have the ospreys coming in now. I just know some are the same birds I’ve seen in past years. When one comes wheeling in and flies straight to the same mast where one perched last year, it’s easy to assume it’s the same bird.
It is a ladybird, there’s also a shield bug on the buddleia seed head. Oh goodness, how I’d love to have visiting ospreys! We have a lot of buzzards now, each year we seem to have more, the smaller birds constantly mob them. Thanks Linda.xxx
Round these parts it has turned autumn all of a sudden. The photos are full,of lovely colour and atmosphere.
Same here, it’s as though autumn has exploded! Thanks Anne Marie.xxx
I’m a little worried that Lil Urchin is dressed in orange and can’t be found among all the pumpkins!
I’m enjoying your autumnal post with the last of this and the start of that. There’s always plenty to do, isn’t there? That verbena is amazing. So much color still this late in your season.
Hahaha, yes, every time she ran off I thought the same! Oh, the to-do list is endless and gets simply longer as the year goes on. Now leaves are raining down. Thanks Anne.xxx
What a lovely post! Picture-led. More like this please Dina! Hugs xx
Thanks Gill. Autumn is so very colourful, plenty of material for sure.xxx
Miss the geese so much, they were always such an important sound of autumn! How amazing to have such a wonderful selection of pumpkins to choose from, lucky you. Autumn is such a wonderful time of year for colours, sounds and smells.
Oh, I can see why you miss the geese, they are pretty awesome when they fly over in their thousands. Pumpkin patches seem to be a thing now, they are only bought for decorative purpose’s which always seems such a waste to me. Yes, autumn is such a striking season, my favourite I think. Thanks Pauline.xxx
Beautiful! Yes, we’re still having summer temperatures, but all the visual signals, the shortening days, and the smells tell us it’s autumn.
Thank you for this lush post. The colors are stunning. ❤️ Xoxo
Thanks Kitty. It’s turned decidedly chilly here, log burner season is now upon us. I do love the colours of autumn, so vibrant. Love and huge hugs.xxxx
Lovely post and pictures.
Thanks, and you too. xx
Thanks Flighty.xxx
You’ve just summed up autumn in a nutshell. I’m enjoying watching the blackbirds visit my cotoneaster for their fill of berries and there was even a pigeon taking his turn yesterday.
Thanks Jo, the birds are going after the berries with a vengeance now. The pigeons here are devouring all the beech nuts, it’s amusing watching them waddling across the lawn, foraging. xxx