Blogtober - Day Twenty one

 Shall we have a Five on Friday?  

Perhaps a bit of cheering colour is needed this week.

1. Spotted in the entrance to a supermarket

Eric Carle's Very Hungry Caterpillar in crochet.

 

  Very charming and colourful.

 

2.  Also very charming and colourful

This Robin stayed long enough for a photograph.  He was by the smaller lake at Westport Lakes where we walked earlier this week.  There were one or two Robins about but we still wait to see that bright blue flash of the Kingfisher.

3.  Halloween Displays

Seasonal displays at the farmshop and cafe in Hartington on our way back from Bakewell a week ago.

 

Halloween black cats decorate the fireplace.  The tables were trimmed with pumpkins or ghosts.  I didn't take photos of these as there were lots of people about enjoying a late lunch.

 

Pumpkins galore - everywhere. 

 

4.  Garden Visitors

 

A week ago I posted a photo of a bird on a barbed wire fence. We thought it may be a Meadow Pippit.   It was taken on Fenton Fields which is just two streets away from home.  Earlier this week this bird landed on the lawn.  I think it may be the same type of bird.  We've never seen one in the garden before but it could have decided to have a little adventure and vist some nearby gardens.

Edit 6.30p.m.  Thank you to Coastal Ripples and Ragged Robin who recognised the bird above as a Redwing.  First time I've known one visit our garden.

 

A lovely Red Admiral visited in between showers this morning.  It spent ages on the winter pansies in the hanging basket just outside the kitchen window.
 

 5. New Street Art

 

This small area at the bottom of the Strand just by Times Square and opposite the station has been turned into a memorial garden just in time for Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday next month.

 We've driven by many times over the last few weeks on our way home and we've seen the work in progress. Often just one artist up a ladder.  A couple of weeks ago we noticed it had been opened up so we stopped to take photos.