There and Back

Today's aim was `Autumn Colours` and a visit to Christchurch Park was our first port of call.  We were blessed with some sunshine, which we had feared would not arrive. So we managed to take a few images, which hopefully tell the story of the Autumn scene. As you enter the park, one of the first areas you come across is the large pond, and this is where these first three images were taken - complete with Armistice Day wreaths around the perimeter fence. The small high level cloud adding to the image I felt. Then a couple taken elsewhere around the park. Individual leaves looking beautiful in the morning light. With the image below taken as we exited one of the pathways, giving a tunnel effect. These next few images were taken in Holywell Park, another of the beautiful Ipswich parks. Holywell park also has a pond and it was covered in algae in which this Coot sat!  Another wider image of the pond. Then, just to compare the pond in other years, an image I took two years ago of r...

Autumn is a beautiful time of year despite the imminent threat of Winter round the corner. Some years we have masses of colour, but in others, the leaves are off the trees before we can appreciate them.  Here are a few images taken in 2010, and mostly in close proximity to where we live, starting  with some leaves. Leaves still on the trees, and below are some that are on the ground. Steps This is the time of year that we see the most fungi, although they can be spotted at varying times in the year. The reasonably common  Fly Agaric (Aminita muscaria) Another common one, the Shaggy Parasol (Macrolepiota procera) Perhaps we don't see these quite as much, the Crested Coral (Clavulina coralloides) The Brett with reflections of the autumnal colours. Mist - beautiful, but a hazard if you are on the road! More reflections on the Brett Drips of moisture on the Rose hips The local ch...