I posted yesterday about a visitor to my home - a golden Autumn leaf specked with raindrops - and took some nice photos of it. I connected it to some reminiscences I'd had about a crying boy in my childhood.

During this time, I also had to reset the time and date on my camera to 1:11pm on 1/11 (or 11/1).

Since then, I've had two more visitors - a moth and a blue tit:



All of my visitors have returned from whence they came, unharmed, I'm pleased to say. The leaf floated off quite happily to join its mates on the ground. The moth put up a brave fight, clinging on for dear life to the inside of the glass I used to move and shake him/her free (I have my mum's fear of moths) - s/he didn't want to go. The bird was understandably panicked. He must have flown in through the open kitchen window while I was in another room. I didn't want to scare him any more by going straight to the window (and I also wanted to get some pictures!) and have him flying around the house. Eventually he calmed down and rested/hid behind the curtain. When I opened the window it took a few seconds before he shot out at lightning speed.

It occurred to me that it might be interesting and a little fun to find out about the symbolic meaning of leaves, their golden colour, Autumn itself, moths, a bird or birds and the numbers 1 and 11. Here are some of my favourites, all of which carry some personal meaning or significance:

A single leaf is an ancient heraldic symbol that represents happiness. Leaves (together) have entirely different meanings though. The leaves of the oak trees are religious symbols of faith and endurance.

If you catch a falling leaf on the first day of autumn you will not catch a cold all winter.

"To become gold is to become light, and the light in this precise sense is Truth itself". -- Hazrat Inayat Khan, Sufi Teacher, 1882-1927

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." -- Albert Camus

The moth ... could be suggesting that you are being lead to a place where you will be hurt unless you recognize the danger. The danger could be emotional or psychological, not necessarily physical.

With its power of flight, [a bird] is capable of rising above the world, a telling allegory for the elevated experience associated with transcendence.

Birds ... flying free may be symbolic of spiritual, psychological, or physical freedom.

The very basic and primary understanding of the Number One is that of new beginnings and purity. When we see this digit doubled as with the 11 - then these attributes double in strength.

If you enjoyed this post you might like to find out how I deal with visitors to my door offering To Bring Peace and Goodwill To The World.

This is just weird.

I got this via @Poshify, which seems to be some kind of TwitBot, and "who" "replied" (https://twitter.com/poshify/status/4930121264) to my dent/tweet (https://twitter.com/dmarsd/status/4804423370) about liking crumpet.

This is the third time in recent weeks I've been called for being posh for eating certain foods.

The others were on Facebook for liking "cucumber sandwiches" and "oatmeal-crumbed haddock with new potatoes roasted in chilli-infused rapeseed oil and organic green beans".