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Emma Bennie's avatar

Wearing a coat for the first time but then taking it off because I’m too hot!

Brought the last sweet peas into the house and their scent lingers.

Starting to tuck my veg beds up for the winter and enjoying my first home made chicken and veg soup of the autumn with home grown carrots and leeks.

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Cathryn Thompson's avatar

A group of long tailed tits in the garden, along with a very noisy robin, plus a rogue wagtail bobbing up and down on the garden wall. Drizzly rain, but they don’t mind.

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Sue's avatar

Longtail tits are so pretty, one of my favourite birds. We have a very bossy nuthatch - again such a pretty bird

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Janet Evans's avatar

A flock of chattery long tailed tits descending on our little back garden in the morning

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Melanie Mackie's avatar

I seem to have a bumper crop of quince this year. With it being a hot dry summer it flourished in the warmth of the sunniest spot by our garage. And the magic of seeing and hearing a red kite flying and swooping over head.

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Sue's avatar

I think all the fruit trees have yielded a bumper harvest this year

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NICOLA PURCICOE's avatar

our apple trees have been covered in fruit this year, my sisters pear tree has been weighed down with pears and (i know not really a fruit) the oak tree at the top of the garden has dropped acorns all over the lawn which have filled 6 trugs so far despite it not producing any acorns for years

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Emma Hemmens's avatar

I saw the northern lights in Yorkshire from my back door and the sunrise when walking my dog . I will see you

Tonight in Malton

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Anne's avatar

Watching a blackbird eating berries in the hawthorn tree in our garden.

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Stefanie Smith's avatar

The trees, heavy with fruits, are discarding them quickly now. Sweet Chestnut, beech nuts and acorns litter the woodland floor.

I have gathered a few and my studio is home to these autumnal offerings as they steep and simmer to become rich inks to sketch with.

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Maria's avatar

how very resourceful and creative of you

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Rosamund Saunders's avatar

My week was lovely, I enjoyed the sun for as long as it lasted and then made a stew in anticipation of the storms.

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Mo's avatar

getting down all the bird feeders and giving them a good wash ready for the season.

wondering how many more times I'll spot a new rosebud this year...

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Angela Dacres-Dixon's avatar

Roasting the last huge quince in olive oil. Sweet, golden and delicious.

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Hannah Woolven's avatar

Quince, crabapple and firethorn jelly bubbling away on the stove.

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Maria's avatar

in my garden,

five petal nasturtiums , deep orange and ruby veined , nestle in their yellow tiny cups

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Lou B's avatar

A wonderful September big beautiful poem.

Heavy rain causing the river, at the bottom of the garden, to burst it's banks and fill the flood plain. Grateful to be dry inside doing some DIY. Wondering how all the wildlife is coping with the heavy rain?!

Venturing out for a walk in wellies and waterproofs.

Breakfast watching the sky turn from black to inky blue and then lighter. Candles by dinnertime.

Duvet on the bed.

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Chris Kenneford's avatar

Another failed attempt to spot the Aurora. I'll get it one day.....

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The Rebel Stargazer's avatar

Discovering an apple fallen from the tree in my local park, despite its small size, it's sweeter and more delicious than anything in the supermarket...

Virginia creepers turning from green to autumn flames

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Sarah B's avatar

With a gentle twist and tug, picking apples from the tree. Later, baking them with rhubarb into a delicious buckwheat crumble.

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