There's been a big Orange Cloud over England for the last couple of days and I was finding it oppressive - so I decided to get away from seeing it all over the Internet and the TV screen, and out into the garden for a stroll.
These are the items that I found beneath my feet in just a hundred yards or so - to the bottom of the garden...along the ditch behind the fence...and back again. They provide a little snapshot of what comes and goes - and stays at this time of the year. I think I'll do this kind of snapshot once a month.
Autumn Cottage garden artefacts - From the top...
A Pheasant feather and a Collared Dove feather. A bracket fungus.
Two snail shells. A Whitebeam leaf, curled up by the heatwave. A Magpie feather.
Two more Pheasant feathers. Three Woodpecker feathers.
A decomposing Blackbird skull. A lichened and mossed twig of wood.
Aren't these small treasures beautiful? Even the Blackbird skull, which is slowly revealing itself. I will tell you more about that another time.
Lovely idea - and the picture reminds me of the work of Mrs. Delaney!
Posted by: Diana Birchall | Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 01:40
Oh, what treasures! A gorgeous display, Roz xx
Posted by: Claire | Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 16:44