autumn days...

wow! is it really the middle of september already?
where does the time go?
september is one of my fav months

all the trees are changing, blackberries glisten like jewels
just crying out to be picked
the harvest is being bottled, jammed,
pickled and frozen...

if you are lucky to have had a good summer, that is

i am busy making lavender and lemon jelly from a recipe featured in country living magazine Sept issue

it is very yummy and so easy to make.

i have lovely photos of jars and jars of it...

however, my phone camera has decided not to work

and this blog has become...

picture free!

apart from the lovely picture of some wallpaper i found in an old wardrobe

love the colours and design

here at nellie and eve HQ

i have been busy teaching crochet at a new weekend event

The Big Skill

i had great fun

teaching young children and adults

the joy

of crochet

everyone managed

to

take home

a hand crocheted

flower or rose corsage too!

i will be running various

 courses

in the coming new year

so watch this space for more information

meanwhile...

got to get a new camera

take care

and happy foraging for free food...

apples, blackberries, haws, rose hips, rowen berries

all make great jams, jellies, and pies

yum

x

sunny bank holiday...

today we found ourselves at a beautiful old family home called Penpont

an open garden and novelty dog show!

how could we resist...

 lovely jack and finley all freshly brushed

with the promise of rosettes made by

the great english outdoors

were very excited

mainly by the other doggies

it has to be said

they being friendly social pooches

we entered the veteran group

and paraded around the ring

we sat, we ran, we waited

for the judge

to award the prizes

...and then, our proudest moment

2

ROSETTES

yippee!

Finley 1st place

oh how our faces lit up

Jack 3rd place

we are sooo proud

they were such good sports!

 

after such excitement

we wandered the stunning grounds

and gorgeous conservatory

a truly gorgeously hot, sunny bank holiday

cream tea and all

what could be nicer?

good times

happy days

x

happiness is...

                               

 sitting outside in the early evening

a days work has been done

relaxing

watching the clouds in the sky

as they explode

like fireworks

up high

and the bats

take flight

for an evenings

fly

 take time

to love the small things

stop a moment

 breath in the air

what do you love?

surround yourself

with

loveliness

be kind 

show others your love

be good to yourself

and live

for

now...

x

in wonderland...

i have just finished reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. (The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)

i thought i should read this charming book again, as when young, it went completely over my head with its wonderful meanings and very weird goings on...

what a book..

if you haven't picked it up since you were wee

i do really recommend you read it

 

full of craziness, its so well written

and the illustrations speak for themselves

masterpieces by John Tenniel

i read the Oxford World's Classics  version

 which gives you explanatory notes

which i found interesting and very helpful at times

a real joy to read

i found a website dedicated to all things Alice

www.alice-in-wonderland.net

full of information about the book

the drawings and the young girl herself...

meanwhile, i have been adding to my collection of vintage fabric

finding some real beauties

gorgeous original designs

just waiting to be made into something fabulous...