leaves

The last leg of my journey home, and the best, is the walk up the back lane to our house (I was on the bus today, too much rain and wind for bike). I pass a neighbour's wall on which these leaves are now spreading once again. They are particularly pretty as they change colour through the seasons, ending in a beautiful red before falling in the autumn.

The lane has also seen some excitement today as Tony attempted a citizen's arrest on some bloke who pinched our brush and a neighbour's washing line. Tony spotted him loitering outside the back of the house and then saw the brush disappearing past the window. Anyway, further down the lane they had something of an altercation. I had to smile when Tony said he had suggested to the bloke that he might like to put the items back (you can take the teacher out of the school, but you can't take the.......) the bloke refused, dumped his loot and took off in a flatbed truck after a brief chase!