Autumn Foraging

As the Autumn progresses I've noticed the wildlife is becoming very industrious. The Robins have returned to the area...I can hear them singing and have had the odd visit to my garden. I bought some mealy bugs from the nursery recently, but the robins have turned up their noses and totally ignored them, choosing instead to hunt for flying insects or worms after I have watered the garden.

The walnut tree is laden with nuts, which regularly drop onto our roof with a thud, often hotly pursued by this little fellow who dashes across our house in what sounds like hob nailed boots..

Paul collected a tub full and popped them on the table outside where my little mate found them this morning...

Well...he couldn't collect them fast enough, and made a huge mess in the process, spreading soil all over the place as he scurried off to bury them in our front yard...

So now there are perfectly round little holes where he has effectively 'screwed' into the ground his nuts!

Now, with all this activity going on I did a bit of foraging of my own, and came up with this beauty...

It's an old organ chest which has been re-purposed as a coffee table

On the side is stencilled 'Mason & Hamlin Organ'...and I love that it's beaten up, just a bit..

I also love my 'gladies'...they remind my of my Nanna whose name was Gladys.

Linking up today for more Autumn stories with Sarah at Modern Country Style.