Lucky me!
I received this beautiful pair of hand-knitted socks from Ally (a subscriber to Bealtaine Cottage), in time for the Equinox, a special Mabon gift!
Ally writes, “Your lovely words and posts have given me much pleasure over the past few months…”
Ally, the socks are simply beautiful and I shall treasure them, wearing only on special occasions…they are so finely knitted, I am in awe…Bless you!
Walking in the woodland gardens of Bealtaine this morning, I noticed that the Spindle is in fruit.
The berries are a delightful shade of pink, I love to see them!
Trees have grown better this year than ever before.
The flowers of the Fuchsia are colouring the gardens…all grown from cuttings stuck straight into the ground!
As the leaves of the Gunnera Manicata die down, there are some lovely colours and shapes developing, like here by the lower pond.
Here’s a leave with a hole…the stems are quite spikey as you can see.
Walks are growing more leafy…
A floral riot down by the gate!
Michaelmas daisies this morning on the driveway.
Woodland paths where once there was only rushy monoculture despair!
For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.
Edwin Way Teale
Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
George Eliot
After a short rain this morning, the forecast is more dry and sunny days ahead…enjoy them!
Blessings X