An afternoon walk

Today has been a beautiful Autumn day so I thought I would take a walk down the lane and see if there was anything interesting.

Because of the high winds of last week, many of the trees have been stripped bare but a few are stubbornly hanging on  to their leaves.

Acer in my garden

Down the lane the oaks in the hedges were still hanging onto their golden leaves and will probably keep them until January.

The ivy is in flower and is useful as a nectar source for any surviving insects.

However, since the gales last week most of the deciduous trees are bare with their  silhouettes against the Autumn sky.

There are  quite a few berries still around including rose hips and honeysuckle which will help the birds through the cold winter

 weather.

 Over the next few days I hope to make some drawings of some of my finds but the thing which stood out for me was the acid green of the lichens on the dry stone walls. I hope they will also inspire the embroidery group I am going to in two weeks when we shall be embroidering lichens.