A Walk To The Common Today

On a sunny afternoon I felt like taking a walk to the Common.  It's uphill all the way there, but thank goodness for the downhill walk back home.  Mostly photos rather than words today for this blog post.  Thank you for your visit.  Have a lovely weekend.

 turkey tail fungi growing on a tree stump

Our Garden

It has been a while since I did a blog post about our garden.  Above are plants that are blooming now apart from the yellow hollyhock and the sunflower(s) (in flower during September).  The large thumbnail of the rose was taken yesterday.  On the whole we've enjoyed sunny days.  Today it's sunny again and calm, but yesterday it was windy and, of course, the weather is getting colder.  

There were moments in the middle of September when I thought it was time for us to get a professional person to come and trim the hedge, but Mr P loves his gardening and despite not being well he trimmed the hedge himself and also persevered with his plan for rooting out the cypress trees next to the greenhouse so that his tomatoes and other plants growing inside get more light.  He took his time. The trunks are being used to create a better support for a rather rickety fence behind the hedge which borders our plot and that of our neighbours' large, mainly uncultivated garden.

We've gathered the figs.  We had a glut of them and we shared them around with local family and friends.  Our granddaughter has been coming to see us after work as it's on her route for home and she often has a meal with us.  A week or two ago we enjoyed a fig and nut cake that her Mum had made.  The apples are not ready to pick yet.   

There has been a steady crop of tomatoes which we've eaten either fresh or have bottled.  Mr P gathered more of the ones in the greenhouse and bottled them yesterday.  There are still plum, cherry and round varieties ripening in the covered yard.

The above photos I took this morning.  When I see Michaelmas daisies in full bloom and hydrangea heads in the front garden beginning to turn a paler shade I know Autumn is here.  Hopefully we'll get more sunny days.  We need some cheering up since most of the news isn't uplifting.  We're thankful that Mr P and I stay mobile even if we don't go far from home at the moment.  I hope that wherever you are all is well with you.

Thank you for coming by,

Linda.