November Color

 

I remember November as a kid being cold and damp with hard frosts on Bonfire night and fog stopping you seeing where you were going. As for flowers in the garden if any they were white with hoar frost, as the years went on the season changed and now it is quite warm for November and I noticed a few flowers hanging on in the garden

Magnolia and Acer changing color

Malvern hills hanging on

Even this pink one

Along with hot lips those three flowers you saw I see from our kitchen window

Going out the back this rose is seen

Though Olivia is looking worse for wear now

The blackbirds have not got these berries off the holly yet

Purple stands out

Along with another rose

Take Care

St Mary Ardley

 

 

This week the Church Explorer visits St Mary Ardley a place I have been through many times in the past and only knew the place for the nearby quarry. The church turned out to be a disappointment as I found it was closed at the time of my visit 

Last of the Afterglow

Taking our dog for a walk around the lake before bed gives me the chance to capture the afterglow from the sunset

This particular evening it was nearly over

 The last of the glow seen in the sky

 It was almost gone behind the hills

 Leaving the clouds darkening the sky

Happy SkyWatch

Random photos

 

I'm running out pf ideas as to what to post ATM so thought some random photos might be in order.

Severn Services this is on the England side of the Severn bridge which used to be the main M4 crossing over to Wales before the built the new Price of Wales Bridge and moved the motorway. We stop here for a quick break on our way to the caravan

Road laying, something you do not see in England much but in Wales you do and the roads are better there

Suzuki Jimny's these are like hens teeth to find in garage if you want to buy one, this place does not seem to have a problem, mind you they are not cheep

Heather's Cafe just after it opened after taking over from TJ's, for some reason no one seems to keep the business going long in this property, TJ's lasted about 18 months, I hope thsi one fairs better.

Take Care

St Peter Bucknell

 

This week the Church Explorer visits another church from the book Oxfordshires Best Churches St Peter Bucknell a superb church which has some beautiful monuments

Shepherds Warning

 

Red Sky in the morning Shepherds Warning as they saying goes and guess what I was greeted with one morning the end of September

 

The glow I spotted coming through the shutters on our bedroom window and looking out the back door this is whet greeted me

 

A out the back a stunning red sky 

 

It looked glorious

 

I cannot say the same for the evening

But we did get to enjoy a chocolate cake I made.

Happy SkyWatch

Halloween Night

 

I hope I am not flogging a dead hose here with more photos from Halloween but this time I can assure they are different, they are taken at night apart from the first two so enjoy

 Ghost dog

Grimm awaits

 

The cemetery at night light show 

 

Grinning Jack O Lantern 

 

The way in

 

He said I was Granddad stealing the sweets

 

Witches brewing

 

They were playing dueling Banjos 

 

Creepy skeleton 

 

Been hanging around long

 

Betelgeuse

 

He lies here

Alien pumpkin

 

These two I cannot think who they are I just recognize them from a film

 

I loved this ghost

Take care

St John the Evangelist Hailey

 

This week the Church Explorer visits St John the Evangelist Hailey. This was a church that I decided to fit in at the last moment and as it turned out I was glad I did.

Morning Walk

 

When at our caravan we tend to try and go for a walk early morning with the dog so as to miss every one out with theirs but as most people don't get up early we hardly see any one and as the season closed very few people are seen

Looking across the meadows from the track we walked up, the path you see going across the hill is one we have been along before now

Looking back down the track towards the far hillside shows it is hazy

Even looking to the hills from the way we came low cloud is evident

Walking around the lake a flotilla of ducks are moving around

The lake is not so reflective this morning

 But the ducks don't mind.

Happy Skywatch

Happy Halloween