Berries

The forest was sunny and wet, with the trees, on the whole, all nearly bare the woods have taken on new appearance; depth of view now rules. All is much quieter now. Where the trees/shrubs/plants are now naked, their remaining fruits are clear to see. It must have been a good year for fruits as there are still loads left on the plants; rose hips, sloes and haws remain in abundance. All of these have uses and are edible; I made some sloe vodka last year and previously rose hip wine, both nice. I've not used haws. Of course the naked plants aren't the only ones to shine out, the prickly evergreen holly too retains a profusion of bright red berries. They say that a good crop of nuts and berries is an indication of a hard winter to come, well, we've had a bounty of both, so here's hoping for cold winter.