Now here in the South West of the UK, we have had a strange Summer…as is usual! Today it feels like that first day of Autumn.. although we have well over a month before the offical start. I decided not to be too grumpy about the weather and grabbed my camera for some raindrop photos.
Autumn
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How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
River and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside–
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown–
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!
Robert Louis Stevenson
This time of year, Dahlias really come into their own. Here are a selection from my neighbours garden. Jim is in his late eighties, but spends all day in his garden growing vegetables mainly, but also has a bit of a penchant for dahlias.
Some facts about dahlias :
- Dahlias were originally grown as a food crop, as they apparently have edible tubers.
- They are native to Mexico, but now grown all over the world.
- There’s no such thing as a black dahlia. They come in just about every shade under the sun, except true blue and black. “Black” dahlias are actually burgundy. You can see from my picture
- Best time to plant tubers is May.
- There are 42 species and about 20,000 cultivars of dahlia.
- In the mid 19th century a London newspaper offered £1 to the first breeder to produce a blue dahlia. The reward has never been claimed and breeders are still striving for the elusive blue colour. There have been several near blue cultivars.
Single leaf
floated in the wind
gently landed
like a bird on the wing.
Autumn colours
vivid and bright
lit up
in the evenings light.
I have so many pictures of leaves and trees , I decided to just stick to leaves for my entry to Cee’s challenge on her blog ceenphotography.