“Every leaf speaks bliss to me Fluttering from the autumn tree.” Emily Bronte #BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly #FolkloreSunday #autumn #Art: Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, 1920s

Tuesday Riddell’s mysterious forest at night. This beautiful piece is made with the technique of Japanning - gold leaf, silver leaf, gold & silver powder, pigment & paint on European lacquer. #FolkloreSunday #OwlishMonday

What magical black cats do in #autumn. #FairyTaleTuesday #Caturday #Art: Margaryta Yermolayeva

Morgan le Fay was originally portrayed as a great healer, shapeshifter & enchantress, who ruled the magical Island of Avalon in Arthurian legend. It was said she had been taught magic while being brought up in a nunnery. #FairyTaleTuesday #LegendaryWednesday Img: Margetson, 1914

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” L.M. Montgomery #BookologyThursday #BookChatWeekly #BookWormSat #FolkloreSunday #Art: Naoko Stoop

Let #Friday13th hold no fear of black cats. In #Wales they bring good luck to the home as they “chase all ills away”, while in #Scotland, if an unknown #blackcat shows up at your door it is a sign that wealth is coming your way! #FolkyFriday #Caturday Image: Helen Timbury

“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.” John Donne #Autumn Moon by Annie Stegg #BookWormSaturday #Caturday #FolkloreSunday #fullmoon is coming

The blackberry is sacred to Brighid, goddess of the hearth & fire. Its vines will protect your home from witches, vampires & the mischievous fae if it is woven into a wreath with some rowan & ivy, & then placed on your front door. #FolkloreSunday Image: Cicely Mary Barker, 1920s

Thank you all for your wonderful posts on autumn today. Next week’s #FolkloreSunday theme, as the nights draw in, is: HEARTH & HOME & OTHER PLACES OF PROTECTION & SAFETY Bring your posts to the hashtag for a repost after 10:30 am BST. See you then, Maude xx

The #fullmoon rises in the emotional sign of Pisces at 22:34 Tues 17 Sept EDT & 03:34 Wed 18 BST. Things will get intense this #HarvestMoon as it is a #supermoon & also a partial #lunareclipse, bringing about the start of a cycle of change. #FairyTaleTuesday #LegendaryWednesday

Pumpkin Patch by Lucy Grossmith #HarvestMoon #AutumnEquinox #LegendaryWednesday #art

The fairies & mermaids of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite #BookologyThursday #BookChatWeekly #BookWormSat

#Autumn arrives with the #AutumnEquinox on 22 Sept 08:43 EDT, 13:43 BST. Equinox means ‘equal night’. At this moment day & night are equal in length, but the nights will now start to become longer as the dark half of the year unveils its secrets. #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday