Signs of Autumn

Black Bryony berries

One of the advantages of being self-employed is that I can, to some extent, choose which days I work.
So I spent much of the weekend, when it was raining, looking at Wordpress software (http://wordpress.org/).
But today was sunny so Vanna and I headed out to south Norfolk on a 30 mile cycle ride so that she could sketch a hedge near Woodton, in preparation for a series of acrylic paintings.

We first noticed this hedge last autumn. It is full of Elm, Field Maple, Hawthorn, Spindle, Sloes, Roses and Dogwood, as well as the twining stems of Black Bryony.

Then on the way home I stopped off at the allotment and dug up the winter's first parsnips - a good size and very muddy! 'Tis the season for roast dinners...

Parsnips