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Is it hug a tree week?

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I always feel a little sorry for trees at this time of year.  All summer long they share luxuriant green shade.  Come the Autumn they dazzle and glow, radiating joy.  Then, slowly, one by one, their leaves drift away.  Frail and naked, they are left to shiver forlornly, and tremble in the breeze.

But there’s still a little colour around, so let’s enjoy it while we can.  To quote Verena, it’s a Festival of Leaves, isn’t it?

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Jude is embracing Trees this November.  Why not join her Garden Challenge?  I’m off out to set those leaves whirling one more time.  Have a great weekend, and don’t forget to share six words, will you?

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  2. What a lovely colour palette Jo – lovely autumn! Though I don’t see an awful lot of it around here as there are not so many trees! Wet and windy here tonight, but not as windy as it is expected in the south-east from all accounts! Stay warm my friend and hug a tree for me on your next day out 🙂

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    1. The colours were fantastic in Richmond on Friday, Jude. I didn’t intend to make it next week’s walk but it was so beautiful, and it’s time to stop posting Autumn. Andy cut it pretty close, didn’t he? Thriller of a 3rd set. Wine time now 🙂

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      3. Guts and determination – he made some terrible errors today – I hope tomorrow he is on better form, but that was a long match and his body is going to be hurting tomorrow. Novak definitely has the advantage.

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      7. All gone now and it is a glorious day – no wind, no rain, even some sunshine and quite mild too! No I think this is the right end… for now 😉

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      11. Well the first snows of winter always USED to fall close to my daughter’s birthday which is 23 November when we lived in Doncaster. Things have changed a lot since then though.

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  6. lovely photos and thought- all our trees are bare and I lay out on my bed looking at all the interesting shapes the tree branches
    make with no leaves to interfere! Have a super weekend!

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      1. They really are beautiful. Today, the burning bushes in our yard are bursting with color. I really do love this time of year.

        As for busy, well, I have to start gearing up for Thanksgiving on Thursday. We usually go to my sister’s, where she does most of the work, but this year, I’ll prepare it here, and only our small family will attend. We had friends over for dinner and dirty martinis last night, and tonight we’re going to Arena State Theater to see Joan Didion’s “The Year of Magical Thinking” with Kathleen Turner playing Didion. 🙂 How about you?

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  8. Wow! These are such beautiful shots, Jo! Sadly, with winds wiping up to 40 mph today as our temperatures fall, I’m afraid we’ll lose a lot of leaves. I’m heading out with my camera now! Happy Saturday! xo

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      1. A quieter weekend thanks Jo after a hectic couple of weeks! Off to the Perth Hills for a family lunch tomorrow, which will be nice. Only 3 weeks until our younger daughter arrives back from London she’ll be here till end of December. Enjoy rest of your weekend!

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      3. Brrr…sounds very chilly! Yes she’s certainly looking forward to some sunshine. Winter lingered here for a while and spring has been topsy turvy but it’s warming up. She finds the short dark days the worst thing to deal with but her work is going really well in London so she’ll be staying there for the time being! Hope you stay well rugged up!

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  16. l’autunno…che stagione meravigliosa è come se la natura esp’lodesse in tutti i suoi colori prima di chiudere gli occhi al grande sonno
    la prima immagine ne esprime tutta la sua gloria, bellissima
    un bacio e felice week
    ciao bella
    xx

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  17. These are glorious . . might be sunny and warm here but there isn’t much colour. I’ve been scrambling to find flowers and leaves to photograph these past few days. Have fun at zumba, we are off to the market in shorts and Tshirts 😉

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  18. The sun is fighting its way through this morning so maybe the trees in Manchester will have a cheery day!
    Lovely post Jo – very poetic. And the photos match your words.
    Have a lovely weekend.

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  19. Beautiful autumn in your part of the world, Jo. You describe the life of trees very well. Come cooler weather, they are often left to fend for themselves, facing the bitter and biting cold. But they must be strong, because they always stand tall when another day comes around 🙂 Hope you have a good weekend, lovely. It is already half over for me here 😀

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    1. It’s going through all kinds of mood today, Mabel. Hoping to coax the sun back out for my skip through the park to zumba. It’ll be a frosty slither at this rate 🙂 🙂 Have a good ‘rest of’!

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      1. I hope the sun will come out more for you even in the colder months. Thanks, Jo. This weekend is a very relaxing one – first weekend in a while where I don’t have any writing or outings planned 😀 I will enjoy Sunday very much!

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    1. Pink skies and frost have given way to huge black sky 😦 Still hopeful 🙂 🙂 Look after yourself, button up and enjoy this last weekend before you’re back in the fray. Hugs, sweetheart!

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