Comments on: Autumn In Spitalfields

By: Jenny Atkins

Jenny Atkins — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 03:13:22 +0000

Here in Sydney as we approach another hot Summer and the dangers that go with it, I loved reading your beautiful atmospheric words about Autumn in Spitalfields. In fact I have read it and reread it.

I love all my Spitalfields Life emails, so thank you

Kind regards
Jenny

By: beryl blizard

beryl blizard — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:34:41 +0000

Thanks for wonderful picture of conkers. I can almost feel the texture and the rich colour that comes through. I am in my 80s but still pick them up. There is a old wives tale that if you put some I a dish they will ward off spiders. A wonderful excuse for having them around the house. In quarantine for another week but my first walk will be to collect some and keep spiders at bay. Thanks so much for your daily beautiful writings with pictures to bring history alive.

By: Esther

Esther — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 18:47:02 +0000

My husband brought me some chestnuts for 2 days in a row; he had found some in the park; I have sprayed them with clear spraylack so they stay shiny an put them on the table for the plants at our little balcony. Autumm is always such an enjoyement!

By: moyra peralta

moyra peralta — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 17:09:31 +0000

Short comment. The writing is so beautiful. As is your photograph. Warm regards to you!

By: Elaine Pink

Elaine Pink — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 11:31:44 +0000

I always look forward to reading you every day …….

By: Dianne

Dianne — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 03:31:26 +0000

Another lovely post GA, I so enjoy reading your words every day. It has been enlightening too to read the comments from others. No conkers here in Queensland and we are very much in need of some rain but the sun is shining and the weather blissful. It would be lovely to swap a little of our sunshine for your rain. Enjoy your Sunday and thank you again.

By: Pamela Traves

Pamela Traves — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 23:26:32 +0000

Thank You So Very Much!!?????

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 21:06:29 +0000

As we look forward to reading you every day.
Even at sixty seven I cannot resist a conker.
Thank you for your beautiful words.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 20:56:54 +0000

Thank you for this beautiful piece today. Autumn is hard for those who love the long days and warmth of the sun but when you have lit your fire and tasted the baked apple you will make, everything will seem so much better. I adore your delicate and sensitively written blog – in fact look forward to it and I am sure others do too. It is a special thing to make people happy every day.

By: Alexa Rook

Alexa Rook — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 19:35:12 +0000

Wonderfull evocative writing of that melancholy transition that autumn brings. I noticed Gillian Tindall had written about what girls did with conkers & I was going to
say much the same, as I did too. The difference between that 1950s childhood & now is the appearance of so many tragic tree diseases, including chestnut canker and the premature shrivelling of its leaves; thankfully doesn’t seem to be affected the conkers. I think
the word conker disappeared from the OED & stirred Robert Macfarlane to write his book of spells that has been given to every primary school. I’m sitting in front of a lit fire contemplating a larder of produce from the allotment that needs dealing with… such pleasures in autumnal abundance: “Season of mists & mellow fruitfulness”. The rain had been splendid for easy weeding today too.