the leylandii are gone!

sunrise
Originally uploaded by ramtops.

and this is the view from our back garden at 6.56 this morning. I've never seen this before, due to the density of the bloody confiferous things.

signs of autumn

signs of autumn
Originally uploaded by ramtops.

this weekend is geoffcampbell's annual Summer Camp, a gathering of bikers, bofhen, and friends; it's one of our absolutely favourite weekends of the year, and heralds the end of the summer for me.

stalking Iggy round the garden with the camera this lunchtime (without much success in terms of good photographs), I noticed that the Virginia Creeper we planted to cover up the hideous pebbledash on the shed is just starting to turn. And there's a nip in the air morning and evening. Autumn seems to be arriving a little earlier this year, and that suits me fine.