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      Only a few leaves are left on the increasingly bare branches of the trees in the churchyard. They glow in the low afternoon sunlight. Image of the Week #159

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    The oak tree in November

      November brings a change to the oak tree as the leaves are rapidly turning brown before they fall to cover the churchyard. Squirrels are busy burying any remaining acorns.     The golden brown oak tree at the end of the rainbow…

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    The oak tree in October

      Signs of autumn are beginning to show on the oak tree, a subtle change in the colour of the leaves and acorns scattered everywhere in the churchyard. And berries on the young holly tree growing at the base of the oak.

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      We have been out in the Field this afternoon collecting rosehips to make a ‘flu busting’ syrup to see us through the winter. Image of the Week #154

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    The oak tree in September

        There is a lot of rustling sounds coming from the oak tree at the moment from, I suspect, squirrels beginning to munch on the acorns. There is debris from their actions covering the ground underneath the tree, even on top of gravestones.    The galls are still prolific, with some turning brown as the grubs inside develop.   …