Auntumn in Wales
Oct. 4th, 2010 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
linda_joyceThis week's topic for show_me_a_world was seasons. Well it is October and that is well into Autumn here in Wales. I should be able to show you my woods in a riot of colour. Like this.
(Click to enlarge, I uploaded them huge and I'm not deleting and trying again, Photobucket hates Picassa ATM))
Yes we are still 99% green, the only bit of colour is a Sycamore that stands between two busy roads and is desperate to get rid of the pollution. The weather was so good for the trees this summer(rain, rain, and a little more rain and very warm)they are not in the least bit distressed and are going for the record of holding on to their leaves.
There are bits of autumn around though so look below the cut
I went higher for these as more height usually means a later spring and an earlier Autumn. these were taken at about 1000 feet, may be 1200ft. at Mynyddysllwyn.
Yep still green, mostly. There was one early and probably unusual sign of Autumn though:-
This is the first mountain top spring breaking through, it doesn't usually happen until late October/early November when we have had our winter rain. That how ever came in the summer so here it is early.
This is the nearest I got to a good Autumn scene, a North facing slope with the bracken turned brown and a few trees in a low frost pocket colouring up.
These are true autumn here, rose hips on the dog roses, these are from my garden. And the last sign of autumn are the Michaelmas Daisies also blooming in my garden.
show_me_a_world was seasons. Well it is October and that is well into Autumn here in Wales. I should be able to show you my woods in a riot of colour. Like this.(Click to enlarge, I uploaded them huge and I'm not deleting and trying again, Photobucket hates Picassa ATM))
Yes we are still 99% green, the only bit of colour is a Sycamore that stands between two busy roads and is desperate to get rid of the pollution. The weather was so good for the trees this summer(rain, rain, and a little more rain and very warm)they are not in the least bit distressed and are going for the record of holding on to their leaves.
There are bits of autumn around though so look below the cut
I went higher for these as more height usually means a later spring and an earlier Autumn. these were taken at about 1000 feet, may be 1200ft. at Mynyddysllwyn.
Yep still green, mostly. There was one early and probably unusual sign of Autumn though:-
This is the first mountain top spring breaking through, it doesn't usually happen until late October/early November when we have had our winter rain. That how ever came in the summer so here it is early.
This is the nearest I got to a good Autumn scene, a North facing slope with the bracken turned brown and a few trees in a low frost pocket colouring up.
These are true autumn here, rose hips on the dog roses, these are from my garden. And the last sign of autumn are the Michaelmas Daisies also blooming in my garden.
