October 2023 had the largest amount of rain in Denmark for 25 years.
But it is still possible to see the incredible autumn foliage.
Not everything has been washed away by the rain.
Our walk in Bøllemosen is wonderful, and the smell of peat conjures up images of Norway.
Have to decide which part of Norway needs a visit next year. 😃
Happy new week to you all!
“Wild is the music
of autumnal winds
Amongst the faded woods.”
~ William Wordsworth
From today’s walk: Let the fireworks begin! 🍁😎
The air is clean and fresh, and the wind brings a gentle breeze.
The clouds are gathering, foreshadowing the night’s rain.
It is September that makes its entrance.
And suddenly, here on the old forest path, Moellevej, the bog lights up with its beautiful birch trees.
It is an unforgettable sight, which makes it easier to say goodbye to summer and welcome autumn with anticipation.
Happy walk to all of you, and don’t forget your packed lunch. 😊❤️
“…into the coppery halls
of beech and intricate oak
to be close to the trees
as they whisper together
let fall their leaves…”
~ Katherine Towers’ The Remedies
“Cold be hand and heart and bone
and cold be sleep under stone
never more to wake on stony bed
never, till the Sun fails and the Moon is dead
In the black wind the stars shall die
and still be gold here let them lie
till the Dark Lord lifts his hand
over dead sea and withered land.” *
J.R.R. Tolkien
Note
* The Lord of the Rings ~ 1, s. 202
The yellow foliage shines like sunshine. Buzzards screech above me as they gather before the journey.
I hear the cranes before I see their wedge-shaped silhouette. They trumpet loudly above my head.
Those birds are amazing!! October is outstanding 😊
“October had tremendous possibility. The summer’s oppressive heat was a distant memory, and the golden leaves promised a world full of beautiful adventures. They made me believe in miracles.”
~ Sarah Guillory, Reclaimed
“The winds will blow their own freshness into you,
and the storms their energy,
while cares will drop away from you
like the leaves of Autumn.”
~ John Muir
“…The earth never tires,
The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first, Nature is rude and incomprehensible at first,
Be not discouraged, keep on, there are divine things well envelop’d,
I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell…”
Song of the Open Road by Walt Whitman
Today was a cracking autumn day in Rådvad 🍂
..The heavenly blue of fresh new days
Oh, friend, you must employ them
Before they pass away. Be brave!
Enjoy them; oh, enjoy them!”
~ Theodor Storm, A Song in October
“Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause
between the opposing miseries of summer and winter.”
– Carol Bishop Hipps
“But I remember more dearly autumn afternoons in bottoms that lay intensely silent under old great trees”
~ C. S. Lewis
“There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen,
as if it could not be, as if it had not been!”
– Percy Bysshe Shelley
Note
Raadvad, or Rådvad is a former industrial development located on both sides of the Mølleåen river which at this point marks the border between Lyngby-Taarbæk and Rudersdal municipalities in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built around a watermill in the second half of the 18th century and has given name to a well-known Danish brand of knives and other kitchen equipment. The buildings are now all heritage listed. They include Raadvad Kro from 1861 and a hostel based in a former school from 1894. Other buildings include a centre for building conservation and a local nature school. * Wikipedia
Finally the rain fell and so violent that the sound kept us awake for a long time.
But the result ..
HANNA'S WALK 
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