All the leaves are brown

Well the leaves are nearly all brown except for the orange ones, yellow ones and red ones but there is still green out there.  I love this time of year (along with Spring) when everything changes.

My photos for October are all nature based, Birds have arrived back in the garden - we'll ignore the pigeons and magpies but we've got Mr Robin, Mr Blackbird, Bluetits, Starlings and a squirrel who seems to think he's a bird by his antics on the birdfeeder!!

   

My Blackbird tale - over the years a blackbird has arrived in my garden then a month or so later, it goes really cold and snows.  I was telling someone this tale and they said they have blackbirds all year.  There was I thinking they migrate from Africa or some such place  to my garden when it's getting cold.  No, they've been hiding half a mile away all summer.   I'm most disappointed but we'll see, when it snows!!

Now my Oak Tree tale.  About 20yrs ago we picked up an acorn at Wakehurst Place and planted it in a pot to see if it would grow.  Well, it's grown as you can see, it's about 6ft tall, the wind blows it over occasionally and it loses a branch but we keep picking it up, potting in larger pots and this year it had 2 acorns!!   In the set of photos above there is a set of oak leaf pictures - over 2 weeks they've got from green to brown and today they have blown off totally.  That's nature for you!!

Thanks for looking and see you next month..... still thinking of a theme.....

Elaine xx