At the end of September, sunrise is about seven o’clock, so an alarm clock isn’t needed to get up to see the colours of the dawn. In the minutes before the sun actually rises there can be stunning colours in the sky over Wolverhampton city centre as seen from West Park.
Sunrise is around seven o’clock again at the end of October, just after the clocks go back.
This goose and duck seemed to be operating as an ill-assorted pair, at least for the purposes of trying to hustle bread from me as I walked along a towpath.
White plumage in water fowls means they are probably domesticated, though possibly now escapees.
They were hanging out on the canal at Wightwick recently.
This small and ornate statuette is one of a pair from the ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur.
It is in the British Museum. Its twin is in a gallery in the United States.
Still weather where there are lots of chances for spotting the water lingering on plants after the latest bout of rain.
Here are a couple of roses I noticed recently.
Another tiny insect, possibly a shield bug, standing on a nettle leaf.
This view of a roadside thistle’s flower was taken early last month.