mikemiller
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U "Under the Autumn Star" - novel by Nobel prize winning author, Knut Hamsun (Haven't read it)
A-Z Of Autum
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V Vibrant colours on trees
mikemiller
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Yes, it's been a bit blustery today...
X X-rays - First produced and detected in a laboratory in Autumn 1895 (8th November) by engineer/physicist Wilhelm Rontgen. He was later awarded the Nobel prize in physics .
X X-rays - First produced and detected in a laboratory in Autumn 1895 (8th November) by engineer/physicist Wilhelm Rontgen. He was later awarded the Nobel prize in physics .
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Well done for getting an X!
Y Yellow - from the leaves, the flowers to the Moon which always looks bright yellow to me in autumn
Y Yellow - from the leaves, the flowers to the Moon which always looks bright yellow to me in autumn
mikemiller
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Just remembered that the yellow pignents seen in autumn leaves are an "X" - xanthophylls. (The green chlorophyll pigments degrade at a faster rate) . We did an experiment at school to extract chlorophyll and xanthophyll from plant leaves-so I missed a sitter there! 
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Z Zzzzzzzzz... - As Autumn gets near it's end some animals go into hibernation. In Britain , of our native mammals, only a few do it though - hedgehogs, dormice and some species of bats. Squirrrels don't actually hibernate, but they drastically reduce their activity to save energy, so you probably won't see them for a few months... although do squirrels actually do all that much anyway?
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Z Zzzzzzzzz... - As Autumn gets near it's end some animals go into hibernation. In Britain , of our native mammals, only a few do it though - hedgehogs, dormice and some species of bats. Squirrrels don't actually hibernate, but they drastically reduce their activity to save energy, so you probably won't see them for a few months... although do squirrels actually do all that much anyway?
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Wow, Mike, I've no chance of remembering anything I learned in school!
We've had a squirrel (well, I presume it's the same one) jumping in and out of our lilac tree in the garden for a few weeks, although I don't think I've caught him/her this week.
We've had a squirrel (well, I presume it's the same one) jumping in and out of our lilac tree in the garden for a few weeks, although I don't think I've caught him/her this week.
So another A-Z finished! We have done well and you can give yourselves a pat on the back!
Thanks to everyone for joining in!
Thanks to everyone for joining in!
