Friday has come round again so quickly and it doesn't seem five minutes since I was writing and publishing last week's Five on Friday but here we are again and it is time to join with Amy at Love Made My Home for this week's Five.
Let's go on a nature trail! Whilst seeking out signs of Autumn on a recent walk we found some other interesting things too.
1. Seeds - Sycamore Keys or 'helicopters' as we used to call them as children. Soon they will be spinning down to earth to spread their seeds far and wide.
2. Berries - berries on a Rowan tree which had fallen and lost its leaves, the berries were hanging from the branch like decorations.
Elderberries - such a gorgeous colour.
Blackberries - we seem to have missed the blackberry season this year.
3. Spores - At the back of the leaves on the Heart's Tongue Fern
Whilst peering under the leaves we spotted this little creature. We think it is the caterpillar of the Pale Tussock Moth but if anyone can identify it any further then please leave a comment. If it is the caterpillar of the Pale Tussock Moth it does like to pupate near the ground and when found in the hop fields in Kent it is known as a 'hop dog'.
4. Nuts - Beech nuts opening up on the branches of a beech tree
where we also spotted a striped snail quite high up in the tree.
5. Fungi - above Turkey Tail
Above Puff Ball and below Boletus
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Lovely autumnal shots. I love this time as year but not keen on all the spiders that it brings inside the house.
ReplyDeleteThank you Fiona, the spiders are the one draw back of these autumnal days aren't they?:)
DeleteVery autumnal. Things seem to be changing quite rapidly round here. I'm sure it didn't happen so fast last autumn.
ReplyDeleteYou haven't actually missed bramble season. There are still some rather good ones in our hedges. We had blackberry and apple (well - more like apple and blackberry, to be fair) to mark the equinox.
The old lore says they're safe to eat until October 11 (or September 29 in some versions). The devil's supposed to curse them after that date. The reason for the variation is that it's Michaelmas Day, and it depends on whether you follow Julian or Gregorian calendar for the exact date of Michaelmas. Either way, you have time for at least ONE pie!
Lovely folk lore behind the picking of blackberries. The ones I've spotted seem to have mostly gone over - we must search further afield as I always like to make a berry lemon pudding with them:)
Deletehow fast the time is running dear .loved your writing and sharing style .seeds are miraculous nature's wanderer spread here and there and establish itself like a self made man.
ReplyDeleteberries are yummy ,liked the snail too.best wishes
Thank you baili and thank you for visiting. Glad you enjoyed the post:)
DeleteSuch an instructive post. In general we walk past so much without a second glance. Nice to see some of it highlighted.
ReplyDeleteThank you joanna, glad you enjoyed the post, it is true that we tend to pass things by in our busy lives it is nice to just walk and look sometimes:)
DeleteWhat a lovely nature walk you have taken us on today, Rosie, we've missed the blackberries too this year they haven't been very productive at all.
ReplyDeletebon weekend
Maggie
Thanks, Maggie perhaps that is what it is this year not that the blackberries came early but that they didn't do so well this season. Happy weekend to you too:)
DeleteYou have qade me feel very autumnal with your lovely photos. I've have still to go blackberrying this year. Something to remedy this weekend I hope. Have a good one :) B
ReplyDeleteI hope you find some lovely blackberries where you live. It seems that they are not doing so well over here. Have a lovely weekend:)
DeleteLove all the autumnal images. This is my favourite time of year and you have really captured the feel of the season.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jan. Glad you enjoyed my foray into autumn:)
DeleteLovely photos. I see that I'm not the only one who likes taking photos of fungus!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend
Thanks, Sharon, I've seen you fugus photos now. Have a lovely weekend:)
DeleteWhat a lovely series of autumnal images capturing September so perfectly :) I so love this time of year with all the berries, seeds and toadstools :) It looks like a Pale Tussock caterpillar to me too - very pretty :) Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I knew you would know what moth the catterpillar will be,I hope it will be anyway. It is a lovely time of year isn't it?:)
DeleteSome lovely photos of autumn. There is so much colour in the hedgerows at the moment, I love to see all the berries and the mushrooms, too. I wish I knew more about what to pick and what not to pick. I used to call the sycamore keys 'helicopters' as well!
ReplyDeleteAh, good to know it's not just my memory playing tricks. I wish I knew more about mushrooms and fungi in general. I like the way in France that you can take your pickings to a chemist to have them checked over for what is edible and what to avoid, I wonder if this still happens?:)
DeleteThe days are drawing in aren't they although it's still quite warm. Your photos show lots of lovely Autumny things to get us in the mood. It is a great time of year. :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, the days are drawing in and the mornings are slightly chilly but the days so bright and clear. It is a lovely time of year:)
DeleteThanks so much for the lovely photos and information. I saw a "helicopter" seed Wednesday and could not remember the name of the tree they come from...now I'm in the know again :)
ReplyDeleteOh, good glad to have helped with the tree name. Glad you enjoyed the photos:)
DeleteRosie, I love your Autumn photos and have noticed over the past few days that signs of Autumn are appearing everywhere. Certainly the nights are drawing in as well and the early mornings crertainly have an Autumnal feel to them. xx
ReplyDeleteYes, it is Autumn now isn't it? Those first warm weeks of September have set us up for a glorious season:)
DeleteYou found some lovely signs of autumn Rosie. I can feel it's cooler in the evenings now and the nights are drawing in. I think the blackberries came and went early this year. I like the photo of the leafless Rowan tree displaying its decorative bunches of berries too! x
ReplyDeleteI hesitated to say that they look like christmas tree decorations but they do don't they? It is much cooler now and quite chilly in the mornings:)
DeleteWhat a fabulous series of shots. It certainly made me feel autumnal. Nice to hear that someone else used to call those sycamore thingummybobs 'helicopters' - I thought I'd imagined it!
ReplyDeleteThingummybobs is a good name too for the helicopters glad there is someone else who remembers that's what we called them:)
DeleteWhat wonderful signs of autumn! Like Mike, I like the term helicopters for the sycamore seeds, they do look like rotor blades as they fall don't they! Beautiful photos! Thank you for joining Five On Friday, lovely to see you, have a good weekend! xx
ReplyDeleteThanks, Amy and thanks for visiting. I love to see the sycamore seeds spinnng down in the autumnal breeze:)
DeleteA lovely autumnal five which has motivated me to go out for a walk in an area where I might see some of those fungi. The only ones I've seen recently are the Turkey tails.
ReplyDeleteThee are lots of Turkey tails about this year but other fungi are starting to appear, I love walking on dry and crisp autumn days, I hope you enjoy your walk:)
DeleteOh, how I miss going foraging for blackberries! There is nothing to compare with the flavour and sweetness of wild blackberries. I've searched here, but never found any growing wild. Marie x
ReplyDeleteThey are lovely aren't they? I like apple and blackberry crumble or pie but also make a lemon berry pudding with them which is very tasty:)
DeleteRosie, what is a lemon berry pudding? It sounds intriguing!
DeleteI've e-mailed the recipe to you, Simone:)
DeleteHi Rosie, I am slow at catching up with your posts. I was sorry to read about the loss of your beloved Chloe. Take care, Marie x
ReplyDeleteThank you Marie, I'm still missing her dreadfully:)
DeleteBeautiful shots of some of autumn's intricacies. Helicopters is a great name for those sycamore seeds. Hope you enjoy more of autumn's beauties in the days to come.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lorrie, I hope we have more golden days to come:)
DeleteI enjoyed your autumn shots. I haven't been blackberrying since I was a little girl and we had better access to wild bushes. It was a lot of fun with brothers and sisters, cousins and aunties and uncles all out for a days picking.
ReplyDeleteDiana
Thank you. Your descriptions of your blackberryng days out sounds lovely a real family outing:)
DeleteLovely autumnal finds :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Louise:)
DeleteYou took us on a wonderful stroll with great Autumnal finds. I enjoyed a lovely stroll too with to of my Grandsons at the weekend.
ReplyDeleteThanks you, glad you enjoyed the stroll hope you enjoyed yours with your grandsons:)
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