Hello, how are you all?
Hope you had an enjoyable weekend......
Autumn's on my mind.....
The Maples along the driveway are starting to change.
There's a nip in the morning air, dew on the grass.....
'Every leaf speaks bliss to me....
Fluttering from the Autumn tree'
Emily you said it so well...
I woke this morning to heavy rain......it was lovely lying in bed and listening to it.
Definitely a morning for breakfast in bed....
a mug of tea, toast and home made plum jam, yum...
The boys are away for the weekend, so I can please myself....
When I fed the girls this morning I discovered that a feathered beastie had been visiting the orchard again and been twice as destructive as last week, aaargh!!
He must've known I was having a sleep in!!
Let's turn the clock back to Saturday shall we?...
I had a list of things I wanted to do, I was planning to stitch up a storm. Somehow that storm was downgraded to a mere blip on the weather radar, but I was happy with the end results.
Why am I stitching hottie covers when it's 35 deg?....
Yes, I had the aircon cranking, certainly made it alot more comfortable.
I'm enjoying using the pastel shades in this blanket, very subtle.
I've decided to do a couple of markets next month, so I'm hoping someone else will like these and I won't be bringing them home with me.....
Ok, back to Sunday......when I should've been doing dishes, ironing or vacuuming this morning, I was sitting at the machine stitching a little something.
Not sure what I was aiming for, but I had to get this out of my system before I could do any of the boring stuff.
A scrap of wool, a scrap of fabric and some stitching...
It's not finished, I have been doing a little hand stitching on it this evening.
I think it's turning into a cuff of some sort.
No plans just playing and see what the result is.
There's always the possibility it will end up in the bag of scraps.
Thought you might like to see the view from my sewing room.......
So peaceful watching the rain fall on all that greenery....
The 'Wild Wood' of Silver Birches.....beautifully green and cool in Summer, golden in Autumn and stark, white, papery trunks against the sky in Winter.
Parrots visit and the chooks love scratching in the leaf mulch when I let them out of their run.
The windows are of the wind out variety, shame about the bar in the middle......
No flash.....that way you can't see the mess either side of the machine.
When the inspirations flowing, the tidying up has to wait.
More pin cushions waiting to be stitched up....
The stock for my market stall is growing slowly, which is better than leaving it to a mad rush in the week before, which is usually the way.
Pretty ✽✽✽ .......
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It's been a weekend of mixed weather.
After yesterday's heat today has been extremely damp.
It was looking very Wintry outside, low cloud obscuring the mountains and driving into Big Town it was foggy.
You could imagine it was a pea souper in Winter, except for the fact that the paddocks are brown......it just looks wrong.
I thought I heard a collective sigh from the garden as the rain started to fall.
The plants were looking very droopy and sad last night.
Might be time to get into the garden and pull out a few weeds this week.
Thanks for stopping by for a visit.
Whatever your week brings, weeding, sewing or doing the 'boring stuff' I hope you find some time to be creative.
Take care,
Claire♡♡♡
