Tag Archives: autumn

Procession to late autumn

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

From Red River Croft it is possible track the procession of sunsets over the calendrical year, solstice to solstice. Across the Inner Sound the midwinter sun descends quickly behind the undulating hills below Skye’s Old Man of Storr while in … Continue reading →

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October’s end (via Paris) and #AutumnWatch

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Last week I flew south to Paris, chasing warmth on the tail feathers of a skein of geese. I have family there: my eldest child, his wife and baby boy.  I was greeted by skitterish clouds and showers though I … Continue reading →

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Syrup-days, ink-skies and a belly-aching roar

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

We have skipped past the start of astrological autumn and the equinoctial balancing of night and day and danced into October. Everything has changed: light, sounds, smells, colours. And the heavens delighted us all recently with a mystic, blood-red, super-moon … Continue reading →

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Interlude: A wooden seat at the edge of the world

Posted on September 26, 2015 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

I am sitting on a wooden plank. My seat is perched at the edge of a small cliff which overlooks croft fields. The steep, wooded cliff is an ancient river terrace, so I am sitting among the tree tops and … Continue reading →

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