Becoming A Grandma

It has happened 

Actually it happened on Thursday 

A beautiful baby boy 

His parents have named him Henry

I love him more than words can express

I am a Grandma

Life here is hectic 

Supporting the new parents 

And trying to keep up with regular chores

As well as the usual work

Our broadband stopped working

After being poorly for several weeks

Now after much tooing and froing 

Openreach have put a .5 MB limit on the line

I cannot even attempt to upload a photo

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Autumn is upon us

Tossing our washing high in the air

Ripping it from the line

Rain...what rain we have had

And some sunshine also

Leaves have been scattered

Nuts and acorns have fallen from the trees

The wheel continues to turn

Mabon blessings everyone

J. x

A Little Help

Right

I have a small favour to ask

Good folks

Could any of you please point me in the right direction

It's like this

I should very much like to add some photos

To the right hand side-bar of my blog

To make it kind of pretty

I have googled

And bamboozled myself

Surely it can't be that difficult to do?

Any help would be much appreciated

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It has been hectic around here this past week

Of course the weather cheered right up

On the very day the local children went back to school

There is a mighty fine cold wind now though

We are beginning to think about logs

And how we really should have done some by now

We are not completely bereft

But logs need to season before using

Another cold Winter would see us struggling to find enough thoroughly dry logs

It is a waste to burn damp wood

And the chimney would not thank us either

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I am trying to get used to blogging on blogger

I have much to learn

I have just uploaded some pictures

Thinking they would be uploaded to my Google 

Instead they are here

Cheese scones

Victoria sandwich

Bara Brith

Hydrangeas I plan to dry

And finally some of the smaller sunflowers and bits from the garden

Totally random I know.

Enjoy your weekend!

Blessings J. x

September

Do you ever long to walk past houses in the dim light of dusk

And just sneak a passing glimpse of other lives

Through undrawn curtains

I especially love to see houses in their festive finery

Don't get me wrong

I never stare in through windows

But if you're driving or walking by you cannot help but catch feint images

A lamp in a window

A vase of flowers

A lit festive tree

For me these are so much nicer than the sometimes overdone decorating with all the flashing of lights

My husband however adores all the flashing of lights

I am much more of a gentle twinkle person.

So why am I even allowing these thoughts to enter my head on such a day as today...

Well it's the first day of September

The year is rolling quickly down it's Autumunal hill now

Thoughts of hunkering down during the darker months have risen to the surface of my mind.

There are jars of chutney sitting on a shelf in our pantry cupboard

There are bags of sliced beans waiting in the freezer

Either for the next batches of chutney or to eat as a vegetable when the plants have succumbed to the cold and wind and have stopped producing

The most giant sunflower we have is standing at over 13' tall

It is in truth more like a tree

I kid you not!

It currently has one open flower

The much more usual sized vegetables and the feisty three legged cat who is in temporary residence.

I will leave you to dream of oversized sunflowers and feisty three legged felines!

Blessings J. x