September Time

September is one of my most favourite times of year.

I am now happy to accept long summer days have gone

(well the days that we really can call summery days were few)

now is the time to snuggle indoors with lamplight and candles.

The logs were ordered and neatly piled, always a great comfort to see my log pile is a big one and just waiting ready for the chilly afternoons to arrive.So what have I been up to this summer?

Well we have been very busy.

The barn is virtually finished.

We are just waiting on the Oak beams and facias to arrive and be fitted, then the final section of roof can be tiled.

We decided on Cedar Shingles for the roof tiles as they look so warm but moreover different.

The factt that it is not complete does not mean I have not been titivating, playing, arranging the candles and lanterns.

It may look a mess at the moment, but I can see what it will be like one day and I am happy.

I have been hunting down all sorts of old bits to display, a great way to spend an autumn afternoon.

I may even see if I can make something out of some dried leaves to hang!

Indoors I have been re-arranging.

Cyclamen, scented candles and new baskets to fill.

We have had days on the beach with the boys.

Come rain or shine.

Fin is growing so big and smiles all the time.

Lisa at Periwinkle knitted the boys snuggly white cotten jumpers, which look so nice and fresh and differnet on them both.

And those new baskets were quick to fill.

Just look what the boy brought home this time.

Another Lakeland puppy.

No, he is not staying,

I will look after him for a few weeks only,

 then he goes, OK!

So I called him Teddy and

 fell in love.

I cry at the thought of him going to a new home, but he really has to.

Guy loves him too which surprised us all.

They play happily together.

So there you have met Ted.

If you would like to give him a loving family home,

just send an email to me.

He is used to children and other dogs.

He sleeps well, eats well and almost every time

 manages to make it to his pee & poo-mat.

He is just too adorable.

Our summer holiday was two weeks in The Baltic.

We visited Holland, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Russia, Estonia and Finland.

I loved Finland and Estonia very much.

Below is Tallinn, a most beautiful Medieval town.

It was like being dropped into a Grimm's Fairytale.

The towers, cobbled lanes and squares.

The shops filled with the most tempting merchandise.

We did have a few words over a Handmade Iron Lantern, made exactly as it would have been in Medieval times. (It is hanging on the wall in the image of the new bard).

First he said NO,

Then he said but why?

 Finally after much pleading he said OK and you have won AGAIN!

We had lunch in a little courtyard garden, sigh......local beer....now were are getting into the holiday mode.

The sun was hot everyday.

We had two wonderful weeks aboard The Celebrity Eclipse.

Look at this huge candle which apparently only took 3 months to get to this size.

Lets see if we can make one!

I am off now to relax in a nice hot bath with my book, almost finished reading the biography of Vita Sacville-West a really interesting read....and this book will lead onto Virginia Woolf and her sister Vanessa and then The Women of Virginia Woolf.

So nice little pile of books on my bedside table readly for the cosy evenings to come.

Bye for now.

C

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