Finally, the leaves are turning brown and the colder nights are with us. Autumn has arrived at last. I’ve noticed that the frosts we’ve had during the last two or three nights have already finished off many of the late summer wildflowers and some of the birds that I haven’t seen in the garden for months, such as flocks of Long-Tailed Tits and a Tree-creeper or two are returning to feed at the peanut dispensers…though I’m not so sure that the Tree-creepers aren’t actually searching between the peanuts for tiny insects and not picking at the nuts themselves. This shot was taken virtually from my own front door and it just goes to show that sometimes, by taking a few seconds to pause and look up from whatever it is we’re finding so desperately important at the time, we can be rewarded with moments like this….I think that apart from being something nice to look at, it’s also very good for the soul.