Autumn colour.

Unusually the guests had left the Lodge on Thursday so we decided to do most of the prepping straight away.  They had emptied the bins so I had no walk to the main bins in which to try to find a blip.

Since watching Autumnwatch I have been looking much more closely at autumn leaves.  I would love to find one with the green band between the veins indicating the presence of a moth caterpillar.  Chemicals the caterpillar excretes prevent the colour change keeping the leaf fresh for it to feed.

As I was going down the steps from the Lodge I was looking at the leaves on the neighbour's tree.  None showed signs of having the caterpillar but the mixed colours were interesting, to me at least.  So blip sorted.