They were spilling out through the fence.
Last day of August - not yet officially Autumn but for a while I could see my breath hanging in the air! Across the pond the damp plants were steaming in the early morning sun
Spiders threads shone in the sunlight.
Water droplets glistened like jewels.
Fish congregating.
The little stream that flows into the pond was overflowing across the path. I saw the gardener later and he said that's often caused by children making dams (specially in school holidays!)
Silk tree buds and flowers.
Berries
Tufty pink flowers
These look like shaggy daisies.
Golden Rain Tree leaves turning yellow.
The pink tufty flowers look quite different against the yellow coneflowers.
Echinacea with face to the sun.
Glittering slender stems.
Web.
Red grasses bowed down and sparking with water droplets.
Positively tropical in this area with the palm and banana trees and the lovely blue sky. It was quite warm in the sun and these leaves had all dried off already. (It was quite chilly in the shade though!)
Callicarpa berries - these will look like purple pearls soon.
Dripping berries.
I like the way people often put any toys that they have found in prominent places. It seemed appropriate that this little chap had climbed up the fence - but the drops of water made him look as if he was crying because he had lost his small person.
There was an almost constant dripping sound under the trees as light breezes rustled the leaves and made them empty their water drops.
Steaming plants created a light mist showing up the beams of light between the trees.
These heart shaped leaves are extra gorgeous with their changing colours and a border of tiny shimmering droplets decorating each one.
Acer leaves turning red.
Long shadows across the grass between the herbaceous borders.
Not a very good photo but there were some puzzling drips on these tiny thin stems, which looked like amber. When I touched one it was sticky like honey.
The big beech tree is looking decidedly lopsided and with several branches missing now it doesn't feel very sensible to be walking about under it!
Sunlight through lily-of-the-valley leaves.
Berries.
Balls of Mistletoe.
The two wild flower areas have been mowed down apart from a little circle in each. I think these are left for insects which like longer grass.
Some of the soil has been disturbed in lines - probably because the seeds dispersed there by this year's poppies need the ground to be disturbed so that germination can take place.
Leaning cone flowers.
The yew arch has grown quite shaggy but just in an upward direction.
No sign of these spindle-berries opening yet.
But these, which are a different variety, are turning red and opening up.
I can't resist another photo of a cosmos flower.I wonder how long they will carry on flowering for - there are still quite a lot of unopened buds.
Japanese Anemones.
Herbaceous borders still bursting with colour.
The drops of water on these extremely slender grasses seemed to shine with rainbow colours - impossible to catch on my little camera.
Sunflower.
Creamy coloured butterfly.
Bee in a purple flower.
Hops scrambling over the arch.
Sunlit ferns.
The pond looked very clear and the waterlilies were neat and spread neatly over the centre of the pond.
Fluffy bulrush seeds.
As I walked around the pond I was so busy looking at the dragonflies flitting back and forth that it was quite a while before I noticed something odd. .
Willow branches were dangling much lower in the pond than usual.
A little further round I could see that a branch had broken off the willow tree and fallen into the pond with its broken end resting on the ground at the edge.
How did I manage to miss this before? Surely it hadn't fallen down since I arrived? It must have made a huge splash when it fell. (I hope the fish are all OK!)
Thank you very much for joining me.
what stunning photos!
ReplyDeleteThank you Helen.
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