We've been off for a couple of days, half term and some leave to use up.... been looking at the colours of the trees, and Phoebe is proving a genius at describing them. She has been telling me what colours she saw, and to my surprise, she sees more than I do. I recognise the traditional oranges, reds, browns, greens and golds, but she found wine red, blue, pink and silver. I'd never thought of the trees as pink and silver before, but it really was that colour.

Yesterday was one of those crisp sunny days that are getting rarers. We spent the afternoon in the park, feeding the squirrels with nuts, we had 7 or 8 actually eating out of our hands, and one tried to climb her leg, as if it were a tree. We saw magpies, crows, and a jay, all in a metropolitan park. Who needs a New England fall, when you can have an Old English autumn, full of magpies, sunshine and golden leaves.

LTS