Sunday, October 28, 2012

Postcard from Westonbirt

I have a fondness for autumn based purely on its colours. A crisp winter day has its merits, but tends to be cold. Spring has flowers, but can also be damp, and summer is never as hot and sunny as I'd like it to be. Autumn makes a feature out of its downside: the year may be getting colder but there's one final blaze of glory before nature's done for the year.


Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire is a great place to see the changing colours. They have collections of acers which look their best as the leaves turn.






I  might have soaked up enough colour to get me through the dark days of winter. I certainly over-indulged on the cake at their cafe. That should keep me warm. 

8 comments:

Lexi said...

Lovely pictures, K. A day out with trees and cake, not bad :o)

Katharine D'Souza said...

It was lovely!
K

Timberati said...

I hope the cake was colourful as well (note the English spelling, just for you).

Timberati said...

And thank you K for removing the Captcha. Much easier to say hello and thanks.

Katharine D'Souza said...

Hi Norm. I can assure you the cakes were also colourful - a carrot loaf on arrival and a raspberry muffin after a long walk to visit the trees. Two cake days don't come round often enough.

K
ps it's thanks to Lexi really about the Captcha as she knew enough about the workings of Blogger to tell me how to fix it.

Guy Saville said...

Fab photos, K! The red is SO intense.

Katharine D'Souza said...

You must go sometime, Guy. You'll love it. Especially the cake bit.
K

Guy Saville said...

Am still trying my best to avoid cake! The leaves would be compensation.