Colours of my morning

This is the reserve very early when it was still cold and autumnal feeling and the sun was struggling to inch out from a freckled cloud cover.  So a lot of darkish greens, some browns and every really flashy flower I saw was in the pink/mauve/purple spectrum.  In this collage its a spear of purple loosestrife keeled over to one side, but it could just as easily have been teasels, spear thistles, knapweed, a purple-veined mallow or pinkish hemp agrimony.  And in the middle of the collage a rather engaging immature moorhen, standing on a stick in the flowing water looking rather uncertain what to do.

When I came home for breakfast it was through hordes of folks preparing for the park run, which I was rather glad not to be part of.  (I say that with some hesitation as I know many of you are enthusiastic park runners).

Not a lot else accomplished.  Went into town for supper extras.  Read the paper, did the washing and generally flopped about.  Well, it is the weekend.

Enjoy your Saturday evening  xx