Saturday 26 November 2016

Autumn Days

Started this post 16/11/16

I have really enjoyed Autumn this year.  I remember doing so my first year at Uni, possibly because I'd been away the autumn before.  It's now just getting to the stage where I feel winter is nearly here/upon us.  For the most part it has been a dry autumn.  The leaves turned colour slowly and we had a couple of weeks where the trees really seemed ablaze.  Now the majority are off the trees.  We put the heating on for the first time last week - we had been feeling proud of keeping it off for so long.  We live in a new flat so it always going to the warmest it can.  It had got so late without heating that I then became reluctant to put it on, and was determined to just put my new slippers on, Peru jumpers and dressing gown.  The thermometer in the bedroom did dip below 16 degrees for a while.  We had the heating on for a few times but I think now its off again.  I thought it would be the mornings where I really felt it, but actually the mornings have been fine!

Continuing 26/11/16

There were a few Christmassy things I had wanted to say, but I think I might save them for another post now.  I had already heard my first Christmas music in a shop!

I will conclude with some photos of autumn leaves that I have been enjoying.















PS Am sitting in my new slippers and dressing gown and have put the heating on.  For the most part it is still off, just occasionally putting it on in the room we are in. 

Saturday 5 November 2016

Life Lately

Unfortunately the Blogger App on my phone seems to have got a bug and automatically shuts down within a few seconds of starting a post.  I'm using that as my excuse for not writing all the blogs that I have got going around in my head at the moment.  I'm using this nice relaxed afternoon to get on with some jobs and also have a go at some nice blogging. 

I thought I would start with a selection of random photos of nice things that I have been upto and see where I go from there.

Here are some cookies I had a go at making.  Still room for improvement, but at least I've tried!

John is not as much of a keen reader as I am, so I always find it exciting when I spot him choosing to read. Here he is in the kitchen reading one of his birthday presents.

 Just looking cute this afternoon on our lazy Saturday.
 Playing on of John's birthday presents - the game 'Splendor'.
I was pretty entertained that we could just travel with our backpacks last year, but we were this far from travelling light for half-term!