Tickleford Gully

 

In The Importance of Living Lin Yutang says . . .
    
      there is the alternation of summer and winter
            perfect in themselves
                  but made more perfect
                        by being ushered in 
                               by spring and autumn
                                       and there is nothing better than that

 

I wasn't going to take any Autumn pictures. They've all been done already. It would be hard to take any pictures that are better than the ones that have already been taken. As a genre Photos of Autumn is swamped. Totally swamped. Anyone can run around New England in the Fall or Old England in the Autumn and snap away and come up with classic autumnal pictures. 

 

 

However walking through Tickleford Gully it is obvious that these trees and leaves need to be photographed. Otherwise you'd miss them. So here's a few.

As has been previously observed on this blog "English woodlands are often improved by follies and other introduced features. Shopping trolleys are a simple addition to the picturesqueness of any landscape." If you don't have access to a shopping trolley a burnt out motorcycle will serve as a substitute.

 

The cranes in the background here look like something from War of the Worlds, an alien technology invading the green (and yellow, red and brown) space that is Tickleford Gully.  To be fair all the building that is going on is on brownfield sites.  Specifically the building on all three sites is residential on sites which were formerly industrial.  The industry has gone (shipping and shipbuilding) but has been replaced by services and, well, things that nobody needs.

 Here's a few more - shapes and colours and textures.  Enjoy the Autumn.  Unless you're in the Southern Hemisphere, in which case enjoy the Spring.  And the summer. And the Winter.  Enjoy every sandwich.  I mean, why wouldn't you?

 

here is the context of the Lin Yutang quote:

    in the first place
        there is the alternation of night and day
            and morning and sunset
                and a cool evening following upon a hot day
                    and a silent and clear dawn presaging a busy morning
                        and there is nothing better than that

 
    in the second place
         there is the alternation of summer and winter
             perfect in themselves
                 but made more perfect
                     by being ushered in
                          by spring and autumn
                               and there is nothing better than that

 

 
    in the third place
        there are the silent and dignified trees
            giving us shade in summer
                and not shutting out the warm sun in winter
                     and there is nothing better than that

 
    in the fourth place
        there are flowers blooming
           and fruits ripening
                in the different months
                      and there is nothing better than that

 

Lin Yutang doesn't stop there, he gives a fifth, a sixth and a seventh place.  He finishes by saying

   

    The menu is practically endless to suit individual tastes

        and the only sensible thing to do is

            to go partake of the feast

               and not complain about the monotony of life

 

This earth the only heaven