Here we go October. The Solar festoon lights have been taken down from the yard. Poor attendance by daylight,recently, has powered them up only enough to limply glow for about an hour.

Here they are having their last glow on the floor, while they dry out, before they are boxed up until May. Taking  them down was a much more difficult task than putting them up. The climbing plants had made good use of their wires as supports,

So I had a couple of hours of plant wrangling and weaving shoots into new support networks, while removing the festoon lights.

Many solar powered lights have been replaced by less mains operated bulbs. Just enough to light up the way to our garage.

The other set of lights will permit tomato harvesting in the dark evenings. Our outdoor tomato plants often keep fruiting until December. Careful storage means we can often eat a home grown tomato on C#ris##@s Day.  Apologies for mentioning the C word.

In other news here is a photo that has all the components of a prize winning candid shot and is not a prize winning shot.

Moments before this shot the seagull slid down the small childrens slide. Here he is composing himself after his ‘thrill’ ride. He teased me by returning to the steps a few times but never quite plucked up the courage to give me a photo opportunity.

Leaves however have no choice. Nature imitating  drive-through coffee.

Welcome October, play nicely and I will write good things.