Gardens and wildlife

[Lovelyness]

I was looking at the conkers , thinking how incredibly shiny they were, like they’d been French polished!

 

[Maz]

They do - conkers are special. We used to think the centre looked like mashed potato Although we knew not to try and eat it!

 

[Lovelyness]

I grew one once. It did sprout!

 

[Lovelyness]

Lovely day for a walk today. I found a new location not far from home with lovely views I saw a green woodpecker and plenty of squirrels 🐿

 

[Maz]

Lovely photos - that looks such a nice place for a walk. Are those sloe berries? And I recognise hips (or is it haws). acorns and is that a teasel?

 

[Lovelyness]

Yes to sloes, acorns and teasels...there were lots of them. I'm not sure about the red ones There were quite a few other autumnal signs too

 

[Maz]

Well the red ones are either rosehips or haws (from a hawthorn bush) - I could never remember which were which. But it looks like those are rosehips and wild rose bush/hedgerow. I think the Haws were the ones that made itching powder!

 

[Socks' Mum]

This is a lovely time of year