Harvest festival

This time of year reminds me of the Harvest Festival Services we had at school where we all used to bring assorted food which was distributed to the needy. But before that happened there used to be the most amazing display with Michaelmas daisies, loaves in the shape of sheaves of corn and rose hips.

"..Unlike people, roses probably do not consider themselves as having a purpose in life. But if a rose bush did have a mission, I expect its greatest sense of achievement would come from creating, not just a whole lot of beautiful flowers, but the grand array of round, red rose hips which come after them....