Like multi-coloured fallen stars Japanese maple leaves glisten on the pathway in all their Autumnal glory, drowning in the stream by the tapestry hedge, vying for attention with the lime tree walkway. Every year the show must go on: the inanimate, but living trees dress themselves in the Spring in the most fashionable pale green hues - according to the latest trend, then disrobe for our pleasure in the Autumn. Summer sun ripens the quivering quince shaken by the audacious squirrel climbing the spreading branches laden with the hirsute fruit. The best is yet to come - Winter Wonderland.                        Verica Peacock (The Inn Scribers) © Copyright 2007 All rights reserved