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Gallery: an October selection (2025)

October 31, 2025 / 50 Comments

O hushed October morning mild,

Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;

Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild,

Should waste them all.

Robert Frost, October

We have experienced plenty of mild mornings this October, but also some wild winds. The leaves changed colour throughout the month but by the third week many had fallen. We had sunny days, wet days and a few very chilly days.

I had a relatively quiet month at home, though I was away for one night, meeting up with friends in Liverpool. I was there, as I already mentioned in my ‘Liverpool in black and white’ post, to meet up with some Virtual Tourist friends to help with planning for next May’s meeting there. We were kept quite busy checking some possible dinner venues and activities for the group. But there was also time to enjoy a few sights of the city.

I was also away at the very end of the month. So I’m scheduling this post before leaving on what is a ‘mystery trip’, booked by my husband to celebrate my 70th birthday! As I draft this, just two days before our departure, I still have no idea where I am going. But if I’m able to access wifi I’ll add a postscript* to let you all know where I ended up!

Meanwhile at home

Meanwhile at home there was the usual round of activities including U3A meetings and table tennis. There were two cinema visits (‘A House of Dynamite’ and ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’), meals out with friends and with my sister, exhibitions at the Photographers’ Gallery and walks in local parks. One highlight was winning two first prizes in the Ealing U3A annual photography competition (plus one commended)!

The squirrel photo won the ‘Seasons’ category; the man up a ladder in Manila won a category called ‘Technology’; and the shell was commended in ‘Holidays’

I also joined a new U3A group to learn about art history from the Victorians onwards, and went on an outing to London’s Supreme Court.

Technical notes

My Liverpool photos were mostly taken with my Panasonic Lumix compact camera, but a couple (the Chinese gate and the seagull) were taken with my phone. A couple of the Ealing park photos were also taken with that camera while the majority of the local ones again were with my phone. Most have been at least a little edited with Photoshop Elements and some more heavily edited with Nik Color Efex. The one monochrome shot was edited with Nik Silver Efex.

As always I am linking my selection to Ju-Lyn’s and Brian’s Changing Seasons challenge. Use the arrows to navigate the slideshow if you want to see all the images.

My feature photo was taken in Ealing



* Florence – lots of photos and info to follow in future posts!

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