Storm Ali was indeed wet and windy, but Storm Bronagh, hot on its heels, passed us by and, since then, we've had mostly bright days and chilly nights, and no further rain. It's some of the nicest autumn weather we've had for a long time.
Autumn colours are starting, autumn fruits are ripening:
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| Amelanchier leaves turning |
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| This year's giant apple - 698g (just over 1.5lbs) |
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| Still more giant apples to come! ... |
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| ... and a lot of little eaters too |
There are still a few solitary butterflies appearing (red admiral, comma, brimstone), and a big dragonfly came past the other day. A green woodpecker has been visiting the big apple tree, a mistle thrush has been noisily staking its claim to the ash tree and a willow warbler put in a brief appearance a week or so ago; there has been some territorial activity among the robins but otherwise the bird population is largely occupied elsewhere. There's plenty of fruit and insects around for them.
The rain has encouraged the late flowers (and some of the weeds too). Dahlias and tithonias made a colourful vaseful for the house:
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