'Spindle Berry'

Ever since I was young I have loved the Spindle Berry.....they grew everywhere in Devon. Sadly it's been SO windy today..the tail of Hurricane Gonzalo..though we have been very lucky to have escaped the worst of it. The wind has whipped the berries off of the trees..and it was diffiult to get a sharp shot. I love this poem by Cicely Mary Barker...

''The Song of the Spindle Berry Fairy'
See the rosy-berried Spindle
All to sunset colours turning,
Till the thicket seems to kindle,
Just as though the trees were burning.
While my berries split and show
Orange-coloured seeds aglow,One by one my leaves must fall:
Soon the wind will take them all.
Soon must fairies shut their eyes
For the Winter's hushabies;
But, before the Autumn goes,
Spindle turns to flame and rose!

Sorry about the quality of the photo!.Did my best in the ferocious wind.