Cloudy Sky Designs

A fantastic pod seen in KB…

From the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh

Some autumn flowers…

…and still a few bees…

…a sea of pink…

…an array of pods….

…of many interesting shapes…

…rusty-coloured furry leaves…

…and a furry tailed squirrel…

…finishes us off with a more traditional autumn feel.

A beautiful spot where some friends got married on Saturday.

Looking up at the Castle

The lake

Through the reeds

Hydrangeas

The chilli plant has been producing some hot and spicy chillies that have been making their way into our dinners recently. Well, I wondered whether it would just have the one crop or whether it would continue to make more chillies…the wondering is now over:

Fully grown chillies and the latest buds and flowers…

So, hopefully I’ll get another crop of chillies for the end of summer…will keep the updates coming.

Meanwhile what to do with all these many chillies…

1. Pick and use fresh from the plant - delicious, very hot and spicy and surprisingly fragrant.
2. Picked some red chillies and dried them in the sun - verdict to be announced soon.
3. Left some chillies on the plant to dry - verdict to be announced soon.
4. Picked some chillies and put them in the fridge - hopefully I’ll be able to try these compared to freshly picked and see what level of deterioration there has been - verdict to be announced soon.

More news on the chilli plant as it happens, so keep checking back!

Holly Leaf

Red Leaf

Cactus