The windows have become like tv screens as the season roll by displaying all their wonders. These are amongst the last photos I have taken since becoming ill which was back in the autumn of 2019. Where did autumn go …? Winter arrived and how fast January went by, eh?Β Spring feels like it is just around the corner, and it will be here before we know it. Spring is my favourite season, and whilst I look forward to it, it all seems to fly by so very quickly.
Copyright: Peter Hillman
Camera used: Nikon D7200
Date taken: 20th & 22ndΒ October 2019
Place: Local woodland, Staffordshire
Hi Pete wonder where you had been, do hope you are feeling better and getting ready for what spring offers. Beautiful images.
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Hi Brian, and thank you. I am not out of the woods yet and appear to be stuck in a rut with my health, but I am hoping the docs will eventually sort me out. Still looking forward to spring … π
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Great to hear from you again. I hope you are better now. Great pictures, I like the third picture best. The colours and structures of the leaves are well captured.
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Thank you Susanne π Still recovering, and still hoping to regain full health in due course.
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All the best to you.
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Beautiful pictures; very apt for the caption, Pete!!
Take care, friend…
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Thank you Indira π
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pls visit my posts, when you are free and good π
you might have missed a few of them.
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Sure will π
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Was wondering again where you were and guessed it was your health. Have missed your photos and I hope your health improves x
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Thank you very much susie π
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Excellent.
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Thank you!
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Perhaps the coming of Spring and the resurgence of all those tiny creatures that you love (or hate!) will give you the boost you need! Best wishes for a healthy recovery.
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Thank you very much Marilyn π
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Glad to see you back Pete, I am enjoying your photos. Hope you are well again!
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Thank you Greta π
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Good to have you back, Pete. I hope spring brings renewal to good health for you.
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Thank you Sandy π
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I’ve been missing you, and was just on the edge of beginning to worry about you — with cause, it seems. I do hope you can be back to health sooner rather than later, so you can enjoy the fullness of the spring. Your photos are marvelous. I hope they brought you as much pleasure as they brought to me.
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I really appreicate your thoughts and sentiments, Linda π It has been a long road since early November, and there seems no end in sight at present, but I am hopeful the docs can look further into things and get to the bottom of it.
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Happy to read that you have overcome your illness π
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Thank you Cecile. I am not there yet, unfotunately, but hopng the docs can get to the bottom of things, and also hoping there are no further nasty surpises in store.
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Peter, I know how it is to have a health-issue π¦ I have found much help in non common health practisies
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Get better. Rest
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Thank you , I have had no choice but to do nothing but rest π
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“Grow Through It” is my new motto. My dad had cancer surgery on Christmas Eve. My family is exhausted, but so relieved that he made it through.
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So glad you’re back, Pete, and that you’re getting better. I loved that curled leaf! Looking forward to your spring pics.
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Thank you gillyflower π I am not quite back yet, but have made an appearance at least π
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Closing of one season – birth of another! Also looking forward to Spring. Enjoyed your post ,eco
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Thank you very much, eco π
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From the latest post from Damien that I’ve just read this morning: “There was weight, but then comes the wave. Weight and wave. Wait, for soon there will be wave.” I hope the healing and renewal of Spring strengthens you physically and spiritually. You’re in my prayers.
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I really appreciate that Liz, thank you π I always find spring quite envigorating, so I am hoping some of this will rub off on me.
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Oh Pete, I am sorry to learn you have been ill! Your contributions have been sorely missed, so it is good to see your pictures once more.
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Thank you very much Anne. I still have some images from last year I have yet to get round to sorting out, and hope to post in due course. I can only do little at a time, but hope to be up and ready to get out and abut in the spring … or sooner if possible.
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Very nice autumn-winter pictures! I like these shapes and decorative forms. I am glad you are back and wish you all the best for your health! Nature is always a good place to relax and enjoy, even if it is from inside the house.
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Thank you, I appreciate your comment π
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Have missed your posts, Pete. Sorry to hear you have been having health challenges. Sending you heartfelt wishes for a quick and complete recovery.
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Many thanks Eliza. I appreciate your thoughts.
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I love the curled leaf! Spring really does seem closeπ±π±
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Thank you!
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Fantastic shots!
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Thank you Maddy!
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I am so sorry to hear you’ve been so unwell and stuck indoors, Pete. I can truly sympathise being in much of the same position. I can well imagine how much you miss being out in the garden and taking walks in the woods.
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PS I hope the doctors have some solutions for you, or at least, enable you to get outdoors more to enjoy your garden and pond life.
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I will be seeing my cardiac consultant tomorrow and I am hoping they will do more tests to see if they can get to bottom of things. At present I am unable to work, or get out and even potter about in the garden even in the milder weather we are having, but I am hoping with more time things will improve. Many thanks for your support Vicki π
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You’re most welcome, Pete. Take it easy and rest, rest & more rest (until you have a firm diagnosis/prognosis) Having my own heart condition upgraded to severe last October, I can well imagine how you might be feeling. You must have gone downhill about the time when I had my first heart attack last October. My heart condition is inherited and was diagnosed while I was still working, so I know the risks.
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I will Vicki, thank you. Time will tell, as always, and the right treatment, and of course rest π
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Sorry to hear you have been ill, I have wondered where you have been, hope spring comes soon and cheers you up!
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Thank you very much Jude π
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Pete, hope you feel better soon!
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Thank you Anita π
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Happy to see a post from you. Really like that last photo. For some reason makes me think of some sort of a Celtic design. Best wishes for good progress with health issues.
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Thank you very much David. The curled leaf really caught my eye, especially the way it had rolled into a ball with such a lovely pattern.
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Hello Peter!
Miss your amazing photos! Hope you are back soon!
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Many thanks Anki π
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Oh no! It is sad to read that you are not feeling well and that it has been like this for such a long time! I really hope you are on the road to improvement. Time flies too fast…
Your images are as always amazing, I love especially the last one. Take care Peter and I hope to see your next post soon! Spring is in the air and waiting for you out there.
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Hi Anita, I really appreciate your comment, thank you. It is scary how suddenly things can change when illness hits and quite unexpectedly and there is no movement in recovery. I am unable to get out and about as I would like at present, but I am hoping with spring I may get some ‘spring’ back into me, and perhaps get my camera out again π
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Nice pics, Pete. I was wondering what had happened to your regular posts. All best for a speedy recovery, and get taking those great pics again!
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Thank you very much Barry! π
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Hi Pete – so nice to see you back! I hope youβre feeling well and will soon be out taking more of your wonderful photos!
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Thank you Belinda π
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Hi Peter! Lovely images, and I especially like the second one. Iβm sorry to hear to that youβve had cardiac issues and arenβt able to get out. I, too, have missed your posts and hope you get your strength back soon.
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Thank you very much Ellen π
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That spiky thistle ? and curling leaf are gorgeous. Hope you make a speedy and full recovery.
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Thank you very much Pam π
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Sending positive thoughts that your health improves and you are soon as fit as a flea. Looking forward to more of your wonderful photos when you are able to. Best wishes π
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I really appreciate that, Jill, thank you π
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I too was missing your posts, Pete. I am so sorry to hear that you are having cardiac issues. That’s a scary thing and appears to be so debilitating in your case.Having experienced a long illness and recovery at the end of 2018 I know how frustrating it can be to be laid up with little to do. I hope that your doctors come up with some course of action to speed your recovery and get you back out into nature where you are happiest. Thanks for sharing these great images with us and letting us all know where you have been. Best wishes, Pete.
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Hi Steve. I really appreciate your support and encouraging words. I am now waiting for an MRI scan on my heart … if it is my heart … so I guess time will tell. Thank you, and I will have to catch up on your fabulous blogs as well as others here.
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Catch up at your leisure and your pleasure, Pete. Wow, that’s even harder I think to be unsure. Best of luck with the MRI and since it is an unknown here’s hoping for a simple explanation and simpler remedy.
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Many thanks Steve! π
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I do hope that you are feeling better … my fav season is autumn and it is knocking on the door now π
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Thank you, Julie. My health is still under investigation with more scans and tests to come. But autumn, along with spring, are my favourite seasons π You have autumn knocking on the door there, and I have spring … we both have a lot to look forward to π
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