I took these photos yesterday, late afternoon, as I was going gardening. The hedge runs up beside the allotment, the south-westerly boundary to Townsend Meadow behind our house. As I reached the gap under the ash tree, the unofficial gateway to my garden plot, the sun burst through the hedge bottom. So I ditched the compost I was hauling, and fished out my camera. I was still thinking about the leaf photos in my last post, and decided monochrome could work here too, this time catching the plant-life silhouetted in the lowering sun. I added the sepia glow in the edit. In the northern hemisphere, sunshine in November always seems a specially precious gift, brimming with untapped possibility.
Lens-Artists: the sun will come out tomorrow Anvica’s Gallery has set the spirit-lifting theme this week. Go visit!
Tish Farrell 
Nicely observed, Tish!
Thank you, Sue.
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A lovely moment captured Tish – how perfect for today’s challenge!
Many thanks, Tina. It’s good that Lens-Artists are creating so much sunshine 🙂
Beautiful, serene, celestial moment perfectly captured and played with. Thank you for dropping that compost to bring the moment to us! 🙂 ❤
Thank you, Laura, for that very thoughtful comment. ‘Celestial’: that’s a very powerful word.
Ca we keep the sunshine going till February, Tish? 🙂 🙂
We must encourage it roundly 😉
Very nice, Tish.
janet
Thank you, Janet.
Well done, Tish. You captured a beautiful moment.
Thanks, Ana. Thank you for the challenge – a sort of like minds coming together moment. As I said to Tina, it’s brilliant that Lens Artists are creating so much sunshine this week.
Good eye, like I said. These are really beautiful.
You do write lovely comments, Stephen. Many thanks.
Lovely sepia effect Tish!
Thank you, Agnes.
I love these backlit images, Tish. Beautiful in sepia effect.
Thanks, Amy.
Well done, Ms Farrell. Well done.
Thank you very much, John.
“In the northern hemisphere, sunshine in November always seems a specially precious gift, brimming with untapped possibility.” I love it that you are a writer – too – Tish. How could you better express this November feeling in words or in images?
That’s a very touching comment, Leya. Thank you!
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there are moments in November when it can be quite wonderful
Yes those intervals when light breaks through the gloom. We’ve had some truly dank dark days here in Shropshire lately. Some blue sky just now though. More raking required!
I have days of raking ahead – done the first lot but still a lot up in the tree!
There are an amazing amount of leaves this year, both on the ground and still in the trees.
Good composting days lie ahead!
They certainly do. Raked up a huge bagful today.
ooh you are good, decided I’m going to leave it until weekend in vain hope there will then only be one more rake needed after that one!
Good plan! I’m raking up the leaf fall in the wood by the allotment. It could be a life-time’s pursuit!
oh my, you are really into good soil production then!!
Last year’s small ‘crop’ made some fab compost. Hence the scaled up rake-the-wood initiative.
I’m so impressed 👏
A beautiful moment, Tish. Well observed! So you’re preparing your garden for winter? It’s interesting how our minds leap ahead to spring even as we’re closing things up for the winter! Take care and stay well.
Am heartily reciprocating your kind wishes, Patti. Gardening never really stops here in England, not unless we get a sudden icy blast. There are still beds of winter veg to tend to, old crops to clear and new beds to prepare, but yes, ever thoughts of spring too 🙂
Wonderful Tish. Really enjoying your latest batch of photos – right up my street!
Thank you, James. A sort of looking for the light in the shadows activity in these shadowy times.
Very beautiful and artistic pictures. I love the silhouettes against a sky. It’s one of my favorite pictures to take.
Yes, silhouettes – I find them totally beguiling. I think it has something to do with illustrations I loved in childhood story books. I’m also very fond of woodcut prints of landscapes. There’s a suggestion of alternative realities.