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Trick or treat,  in Autumn glory

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I had no real intention to post today but I couldn’t resist sharing a little of this joy.  I managed to escape for a few hours to Thorp Perrow Arboretum yesterday.  I made it the subject of a Monday walk around this time last year, so I remarked to my husband that the camera would probably stay tucked in my pocket.  He didn’t believe me, and nor should you.

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The leaves were wonderfully crispy.  Just perfect for hurling in the air, or over poor Dad.  I couldn’t help but smile, the youngsters were so gleeful.

From in amongst the glorious foliage, squeals and screams emerged, accompanied by rapidly clapping hands.  The applause, correctly performed, caused the eyes of the witches and skeletons to gleam- a source of great entertainment for young and old alike.

Surprising how much one Autumn can differ from another.  The sky was bluer when I was here last, but the trees in this 100 acres of woodland seemed less vivid.  This year the assault on my senses was overwhelming.

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The Halloween activities finish this weekend, but the Autumn colour may last a little while yet.  If you’re in the area, Thorp Perrow is a beautiful place to be, as was Jude’s Bolfrack’s Garden this month.  I’m squeezing in at the very last minute but there’ll be a new theme for the Garden Challenge on Sunday.

I’m also running out of time for Verena’s Festival of Leaves.  Oh dear!  Such a lot happening in my six words.  Can’t argue with Cate’s six words this week!  Let’s get out there and kick some leaves.  See you on Monday!

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  2. My, my. Those are some strong autumnal colours. Wonderfully done, and it looks like there are plenty of leaves to play with. Hope you make the most of it, Jo 😉 Never too old to roll around in some leaves and have fun 😀 Lovely perspective as usual with the photos.

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    1. Aren’t they fabulous? Makes me want to be outdoors all the time. 🙂 I walked down through our local park to zumba this morning and it was lovely, though not quite so spectacular. Getting back to normal in my own slow way, Mabel. Wishing you a great weekend!

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  4. just stunning, Jo. We have the same kind of color, still. Usually it’s gone by mid October, but this year I suspect the tree clocks have been thrown off by the dry year…but yeah, this blows me away.

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      1. I hope you’re feeling better, and Im glad you could enjoy these and share them with us. it has been an amazing autumn, we still have blotches of color, in spite of the rain and wind and cold. it’s like they just don’t want to let go…

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  18. Simply gorgeous Jo. Beautiful colours. I love autumn. Not just for the big change in colours and temps, but it’s always felt like the start of something new to me. New school year, new university year, even (!) parliament going back after the summer recess.

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      1. It was odd when my dad died. He went into hospital with a bad cold or something on Xmas Eve. I left Spain on Boxing Day and stayed at my mum’s for three ? weeks. He moved from York DGH to a cottage hospital in Selby and died the day I returned home. C’est la vie. And so back I went to sort the funeral. I felt a huge change. There was a sense of loss, but it was about how my past had become just that. As an only child, the death of the first parent draws a line under our life.it’s no longer a living past. But consigned to memory. Or that’s how I felt.

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      2. I do know what you mean. Mam died 26 years ago, much too early, but Dad seemed to be immortal. He always bounced back, which is why it’s hard adjusting. Getting there slowly.

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      3. Gosh. Didn’t realise about your mum. Must have been well young, or at least, well not-old. Mine died within 18 months of each other. I did spend months looking at the phone expecting her to ring though. Weird. I knew she was dead, but why wasn’t she ringing me. Life eh? It takes a while I guess.

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      5. Ouch! One of my mum’s neighbours said she died of heartbreak. I thought that was rather melodramatic. Poor lungs I think, as she died of bronchitis/emphysema like her father before her (yeah, smoking). I admired her, she was managing well and coming to live with us. Died instead. Clearly I wasn’t the preferred option!

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