Autumn

October arrived and London and our garden took on autumnal colours.
One quiet Sunday we spotted two foxes sleeping on the neighbour’s garden-house roof all afternoon. The location covered in leaves which they choose for their nap matched their fur. The sight of these animals in the midst of a metropolis felt very peaceful and fairytale-like.

 By now the vine leaves turned red and orange:

 and a storm blew the sunflowers over

 I started to clear up the garden for winter

Over the summer I had made a friend, who comes to visit me from the flat downstairs
most times when I spend time in the garden, Stanley the cat:

 So the clear-up activity has begun: