The leaves are so fantastic right now – how can one stop snapping them? Whether they have fallen as these have… …or are still clinging to their tree like these… On some trees, different branches turn at different times… And how different they look when photographed in colour and in black and white. With thanks …
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Swan update
The last time I checked in on the swans in mid October all six cygnets were present and correct but shortly afterwards the family seemed to have shrunk to two parents and only four cygnets. On the 23rd of October our very own swan watcher only saw four of them on Hampstead Pond 2. The …
Bark and autumn funghi
There are more leaves, but for a little change of scene, how about some autumn funghi? Or some bark? I don’t know what this tree is but where the bark has flaked away it has revealed a child’s soft pink skin. Whereas this could be an early 20th century art nouveau sketch? Or maybe a …
Leaves….
Flaming leaves on the way down the path to the Boating Pond. Less spectacular but fascinating in their variations… And what happened to this metallic green intruder? And here they are doing battle with the mud. And here still clinging to their parent tree on the great lawn below Kenwood House.
More autumn colour
I am not sure what this glorious yellow tree is, but isn’t it wonderful. Leaning down the slope onto the Kenwood Lawns. Looking up that slope to the beech avenue and the upper lawns, there is a fine leaf carpet. And just turn slightly to your left and there are Henry Moor’s Seated figures gazing …
Flaming autumn
What an amazing tree. I think it must be a maple but I have never seen a tree turn from dark green to golden red branch by branch like this. Here is one of the redder branches…. and here a delicate pale yellow and pink. This multi coloured tree was down by the lake at …