Aren't the autumn colours we can see in woods and hedgerows this year wonderful? Perhaps they always have been, and I quote here from one or two journals and diaries from yesteryear to prove a point.
October 26th, Gilbert White, 1783 in Hampshire.
'If a masterly landscape painter was to take our hanging woods in their autumnal colours, persons unacquainted with the country would object to the strength and deepness of the tints and would pronounce, at an exhibition, that they were heightened and shaded beyond nature.'
October 26th, William Cowper, 1790 in Buckinghamshire.
'A yellow shower of leaves is falling continually from all the trees in the country....The consideration of my short continuance here, which was once grateful to me, now fills me with regret. I would live and live always.'
October 30th, Dorothy Wordsworth, 1802 in Westmoreland.
'It is a breathless, grey day, that leaves the golden woods of autumn quiet in their own tranquillity, stately and beautiful in their decaying; the lake is a perfect mirror.'
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Animal news: The rare greater Horseshoe bat has been recorded in Kent for the first time in more than 100 years, according to the Bat Conservation Trust. The reason for the presence of the species in Kent is not known. It is possible that an individual bat was blown off course or has travelled from France, or that a bat has dispersed across Britain from strongholds in the west of England or Wales.
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Yes, the Neighbours
were very nice
two lovely children
playing quietly in the garden
a large friendly dog
no loud music
no noisy cars
I can't think
who would do this
to them
such a happy, smiling family
such a shame
such a waste
I am so sorry
But, of course,
we never spoke to them
she said.
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With very best wishes, Patrica.
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