Herons plodded the shores, kingfishers and cuckoos clattered from sunlight to shade, great turkeylike birds fussed in dead branches, and hawks hung overhead.
The purpose of deadheading is to tidy up the border and also to encourage the energy to be diverted into the blooming rather than creating producing hips.
Along the way, I often encounter children with red cheeks, who have broken off withered branches and are running along the roadside, playing with each other.
The road was still paved with yellow brick, but these were much covered by dried branches and dead leaves from the trees, and the walking was not at all good.
" Kindly keep your voices down, girls! " said Professor Grubbly-Plank sharply, scattering a handful of what looked like brown rice among the stick-creatures, who immediately fell upon the food.