if you go down to the woods today...

if you go down to the woods today

you'd better not go alone

never mind the teddy bears

you'll need a friend to do "tickcheck"

afterwards

insect life aside

the woods around Shakerag are very beautiful

with an amazing flora

but we're not picking

just collecting windfalls

and making delightful bundles

the first windfall walk revealed some spectacular colours

like that oak leaf print at bottom right [in the image above]

and this blue-green magic from a mystery leaf

and what about the Spanish Moss, i hear you mutter

unbundling yesterday

i discovered that what appeared to be silk

on that Japanese apron, was in fact a very clever substitute

[should have realised from the smell]

but the cotton part of the apron has taken on a gentle soft green

which doesn't reproduce well in pix

never mind. Virginia, a kind visitor to the original post

has provided this link

to someone who makes blankets from Spanish Moss

[just like in a fairytale]

and here's Virginia's blog as well