Yesterday afternoon we were out and about on the other side of the city doing some shopping for the store cupboard. It's always an opportunity to see what's on offer and to do some window gazing of displays that might attract customers into the small independent shops in the area.
Displays in the windows of the florist's and gift shops.
We went back home stopping for a quick walk in Ecclesall Woods. It was quite muddy and most of the leaves on the deciduous trees have yet to change colour.
There were a few other walkers about mainly walking their dogs. Every so often I could hear a cracking and snapping sound, but realised that it was probably a loose branch falling or the grey squirrels jumping around and disturbing the leaf litter and twigs on the ground.
Being on the edge of the wood where I was walking there were a few big houses with woodland gardens. Standing on higher ground and looking over the walls there were some interesting stone garden ornaments that looked at home there.
There was a blaze of colour from ornamental trees and bushes in one particular garden.
There were toadstools, acorns, sweet chestnuts and horse chestnuts (conkers) aplenty.
In the woods the sycamore leaves are beginning to turn a golden colour and beech leaves and other trees have already shed leaves and nuts as we've recently had some strong winds and heavy rain.Soon the leaves in our own garden will need clearing up as the fig tree's leaves fall. We just got home in time when heavy rain descended again. It was time to clean off the mud from my shoes and settle down in the warm for a restful late afternoon and evening.
Here's my own heather still doing well in the garden and the gladioli in the bunch of flowers given to us recently has now come into full bloom.
I hope all is well with you. Thank you for your visit.