Pumpkin soup
Spooky Cathedral Close at night
My toady friend trying to get away from my over zealous speedy weeding
The ritual carving of the pumpkin
In October I mostly:
- was bitten by midges on the head whilst gardening
- started wearing my attractive boiler suit to work
- did lots of charity shopping
- listened to Radio 4, especially like Desert Island Discs and Woman's Hour
- started knitting a scarf
- raked leaves, planted bulbs, cut back shrubs and acquired rock hard biceps
- spotted a cattle egret next to the cows in the field behind the bungalow!
- made curried carrot soup and pumpkin soup
I loved the Helianthus in our front garden
Lots of colour still around
Sunny dog walks,
admiring nature
and trying to find Eddie's ball in the leaves
I made coffee muffins with Esme.
I even dragged her on a walk!
Frank has been good
and bad!
A new venture for us was a trip to the Bournemouth 'Arts by the Sea Festival'.
The 'Cockatoo Art Bar'
- a 1965 Morris ambulance with a revolving birdcage on top for spontaneous shows
A solar powered cinema!
The 'Umbrella Tree'. A moving installation set to slightly eerie music.
'Kitsch & Sync' were a quirky dance, theatre and performance company
They were hilarious
A member of the audience got roped in to the show!
This installation was made out of drinking straws
and the 8 metre long 'Message in a bottle' by Lulu Quinn was made from recycled bottles that had been washed up on the beach
After having a dance to one of the live bands and a go on the fruit machines we strolled down to the beach to watch the sun set
Such fun!
Lots of people were admiring the extra gorgeous sunset caused by sand from the Sahara in the atmosphere
Bit overcast but still love the view of Gold Hill in Shaftesbury
where we had great fun with our friend Basil snurging around the charity shops
Ooh, sun has come out!
This was a charity shop haul from Wilton - I adore my new tartan waistcoat and don't care if it makes me look like someone from 'Monarch of the Glen'
We have had the usual autumn fog - Eddie?
But on the whole it was very mild
I'm off in to the sunset for a blog break now to knit my scarf, read my many books, light the fire and batten down the hatches for winter.......
Ta ra for now!
'Soon there will be three souls in the house: himself, his dog, his hawk. The thought thrills him. He loves this house. He calls it his workman's cottage, his badger's sett, his refuge. Outside, light and leaf shadows move on the high grey gables.....'
- 'H is for Hawk' by Helen Macdonald
