Autumn

[muzzer]

Beautiful. Thank you from landlocked N London ;)

[cloughie]

ts, is there a squirrel on all your photos like the mouse on Cuneo’s paintings?

[Joseph K]

Another lovely day here meant I decided to walk back from Sainsbury's via Abbey Meadows. The ruins of Bordesley Abbey are on the right of the second picture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordesley_Abbey

[Nick Armstrong]

I feel quite lucky living where I do with this nearby.

Gorgeous stuff JK

I feel the same as you - these taken on one of my cycle rides last week.





(Hyde Park by the way... fortunately, unfettered access throughout lockdown: it’s a real life-line. Usually a few squirrels, ts ... spot the horses too)

[Joseph K]

Gorgeous stuff JK

I feel the same as you - these taken on one of my cycle rides last week.

(Hyde Park by the way... fortunately, unfettered access throughout lockdown: it’s a real life-line. Usually a few squirrels, ts ... spot the horses too)

I thought I recognised your photos - from the times I've gone down to London (including one time staying at a hostel round the corner from the Royal Albert Hall when I attended a Prom or two).

[Serial_Apologist]

Poor air quality over London today meant anything further away than 6 miles being blocked from view.

The leaf fall seems to be proceeding more quickly than usual, this year. I would say at least a third are now down around these parts: the council is having quite a job keeping up with pavement clearance. I'm wondering if this presages a cold winter, as some seem to think.

[Joseph K]

Poor air quality over London today meant anything further away than 6 miles being blocked from view.

The leaf fall seems to be proceeding more quickly than usual, this year. I would say at least a third are now down around these parts: the council is having quite a job keeping up with pavement clearance. I'm wondering if this presages a cold winter, as some seem to think.

I noticed that too, S_A.

[Bryn]

I noticed that too, S_A.

Never mind the leaf fall, what about the incredible quantity of acorns?!

[Serial_Apologist]

Never mind the leaf fall, what about the incredible quantity of acorns?!

Oak A then. Actually they're always spirited away with incredible rapidity by the large quantity of carrion crows and other corvids we have around here.

[Bryn]

Oak A then. Actually they're always spirited away with incredible rapidity by the large quantity of carrion crows and other corvids we have around here.

The grey squirrels and corvids can't get near to keeping up around here. It's been a massive mast year.

[cloughie]

Never mind the leaf fall, what about the incredible quantity of acorns?!

We’re forever picking up sycamore keys before they try to germinate in any place they can in the garden.

[Dave2002]

The cloud shots in post 1 were very good. At first I thought they would be sunset shots, as we had fairly similar clouds here yesterday and around 4.15 pm yesterday many of them turned pink, and there was a brilliant red sky. Sadly I was driving, and by the time I got back the spectacle had largely gone. I was hoping for some sort of repeat today and was set to go out at the appointed time, but the clouds must have been at the wrong height, so not worth the bother, hence I stayed in. It's work looking out for the pink on the underside of clouds around sunset, and also the bright tinges on clouds if one looks towards the west. Maybe there'll be some more opportunities in the next few days, but I missed a great opportunity yesterday.

The pink is quite difficult to photograph, but yesterday would surely have been as good a day as any for a photographic opportunity. It pays to have some idea of the timing of the pinks and the reds around sunset.

[teamsaint]

Lovely new snaps, Jk and Nick.
I’m surprised they let squrrels in to Hyde Park, TBH........

[Joseph K]

Today is idyllic, lots of plum-clarets, brown, orange, red, yellow, peach-colour and green trees, but I didn't take my camera [edit: I meant phone] with me on my walk. I did do last week, however, when these were taken:

[smittims]

You seem to live in a pleasant part of the world. I enjoyed your pictures. Here in South Cheshire we've lost the breeze we had yesterday so today is like summer.