Unless you live in a very hot and dry country where dead plants cant be found all year round, autumn is the time when the nature slowly prepares for winter and sooner or later everything will be dead. What was blooming in spring and summer now is dropping seeds. Leaves are changing colours and dry up. It is a great time for #drystuff :)
I took a short walk at my hometown to a place where clay used to be dug up. Huge holes were left after the business closed and they slowly filled up with water. Later fish were introduced, flogs and birds moved in and all kinds of plants started to grow around. Large areas with tall grasses and bushes are perfect for birds to nest - there I don't go. It is so dense it is impossible to walk. But there are pats around, even little platforms for people that would like to go fishing.
For me it is a place to enjoy the silence, birds and wind.
And I always take tremendous amount of photos. What else? :)
The first image is Thrift after blooming. I think inside the little cups are seeds. Nice, little balls that feel like this foil almost.
The ones below used to be yellow and I used to remember their name :p
The thorny Teasel is probably prettier now than when it blooms. Extremely stiff and sharp needles might look fluffy and nice, but they are mean! The stems are covered in very short and also very short thorns. Lovely plant if you are just looking.
Some brown leaves (trust me, they were brown!) that didn't fall from the tree yet. Some stronger winds will do the job when the right time comes.
And lastly Rosehip that will feed some hungry birds during the winter. Multiple bushes that seeded themselves around look pretty right now. They slowly lose the leaves and the red beads are really eye-catching.
They are also good to make tea for humans ;)
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Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.
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