Autumn

Leaf fall is at its height now, so driving me out every morning in the early light to clear leaves out of the pond. It's really being mild at the moment, sufficiently so that this morning, I startled frogs that had been sitting on the side of the pond, and not hiding in the warmer depths.

The trees on the way to work are half-way bare now, but the ones still in leaf are magnificently golden. Meanwhile the apples are still in full green leaf, and the few leaves on the plums are more green than yellow.