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 Walking the dog Monday i noticed a Rowan tre with branches bending under the weight of the berries.   We have an old wives saying that an abundance of berries means a bad winter as it's Mother Nature's way of keeping the birds fed.  I prefer the saying that I heard somewhere east of Offa's Dike  when I was a child.  It was an old farmer talking to my father about the 'bad' spring we had had that year.    He praised the spring because it would bring a good harvest with the saying 'Warm enough for bees wet enough for trees'.  We were probably in Hereford some where as he was talking about his apple orchard.  Any way I made sure I had my camera with me  and got this shot.





But of course I took so many more there is a mass of fruit and seeds and a few nuts already for the birds this autumn.  But I have created a collage of the pictures under the cut if you want to see them, so much easier than scrolling through miles of large pictures.

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