And a few more…

 More flowers as the season moves on.

Primroses

A different magnolia

Marsh marigolds/ kingcups

A white snake headed fritillary

and the first dandeli9n clock I have seen this year

Flowers outside

Pansies 

Cyclamen from last year

Tête-à-tête daffodils

swallows

swallows on wires
luggage checked in
long flight ahead

Pics taken through window - and I need a steadier hand!

Festival of Christmas lights

I spotted my first house decorated for Christmas, and illuminated, on the evening of November 30th.  At the bottom of Rockingham Hill.

Autumn

I'm a little puzzled by autumn this year.  It has a shabby feel.  Leaves aren't changing as they often do to bright flames, but seem to be shrinking into dirty green then brown.
I went out to snap some autumn this afternoon, berries are good, Virginia creeper is red, but not a lot of golden.  Maybe I should have patience and wait for autumn-yet-to-come?

Oh, I did spot my first pumpkins in a window!

berries

Virginia creeper looking a little wind-ravaged

some kind of seed pod

poppies flowering in late October

In  our local pocket park