Blue sky and warm sunny Monday morning - walk with a friend. (Coombe Wood)

For various reasons I ddin't manage any walks last week so it was a real treat to get back to Coombe Wood this morning with a friend and a big bonus to have blue sky and warm sunshine after Sunday's torrential rain.

I love the way the cyclamen flowers uncurl. 

Pond reflections. 

Fuchsia's bobbing as insects landed on them.

The pods on the Golden rain tree have changed colour. 

Banana flowers and tiny bananas. 

Another flower round the other side.

Banana leaves in the sunshine.

Callicarpa berries. 

They're deeper purple than they have come out here. 

 Beech nuts.

Candyfloss tree.

Looking closer - sunlight and shadows. 

Acer leaves and winged seeds. 

Beech leaves catching the sunlight.

My cousin visited Kew on Saturday (that's where you'll find her most Saturday's) and said that the leaves were turning there. Coombe Wood is behind Kew - not many leaves have changed colour here yet but I did find some....

The spindleberries are coming along nicely but infortunately my close ups were blurred so just a general photo today.

Cosmos with tubular petals.

Cosmos with normal petals. 

Asters. 

Other variety of spindleberries - not ready to open yet. Some are plump and round - others to the left look more like the icing tops of little iced gem biscuits.

Red and purple fuchsias. 

Double decker cats.

There were quite a lot of dragonflies flying around - one settled near us.

It had uneven white spots on its head. 

Grapes and vine leaves changing colour. 

Thank you very much for joining me.