The photos this month were taken over two days. The first day (4th November) was to make sure I had a record of the acers at their best. Taken on my iPhone rather than a more conventional camera but I'm pleased with the way they came out.

 

My main job in Autumn is sweeping leaves up. I tell myself a few weekends sweeping leaves up is worth it for the joy the trees give me throughout the year.

A couple from the front garden. I didn't even know the shrub on the left was supposed to produce berries so that was a nice surprise.

Good bird food perhaps?

I grew a few Nicotiana from seed from Mum & Dad's garden (the original seeds came from Janet the year before) but this was the only one that flowered. One more than last year so perhaps we're making progress.

The Tree Paeony seems to get brighter every day.

They are still here!

I would have thought it was a bit early for the heather but it seems to have other ideas. We also have one primrose in flower but it looked very battered so no photo.

The pampas is lovely and fluffy!

The Pyracanthas are laden with berries.

These Snapdragons are lasting a lot longer than I expected so a bit of a bonus.

The colour has just about gone from the Sedum but lots of lovely seeds for our feathered friends.

Occasionally it's good to rest your eyes on something green.

The Heuchera are surviving. This one is doing better than some of the others.

Jonathon has admitted that he likes sprouts! At least the ones that come straight from the garden.

He still prefers strawberries so I've planted up a new bed ready for next year (or perhaps the year after).

We have Honeysuckle at both ends of the garden - very pretty and smells lovely.

I think the photo on the right is very Autumnal!

These yellow leaves stand out very nicely against the red acer carpet.

The last standing rose - no less pretty for that!

The Cornus in the front garden still have all their leaves.

The come into their own in the middle of Winter when they lose their leaves and you can see their beautiful stems.

The silver birch tree - who could believe that one tree could have so many leaves!

That's all for this month. It feels like we are well on the way to Winter today - very chilly. At least it stayed dry for the Remembrance Sunday service so we can be grateful for that.

 

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