Sweet Autumn

 We have just come back from a wonderful trip to the lake district where all was mellow, bright and sunny..........the indian summer had arrived and we went walking each day to make the most of it......

                         ..........we stayed in a little stone cottage that was built in 1850.................

 ............all the windows had beautiful views, like the one below................

 .............on our walks i gathered bits and pieces from nature, as i have always done, to draw and paint and photograph and put in my scrapbooky sketchpad..............

 ...........we went to see beatrix potter's garden and here is the front door at hilltop.............

 ..............there were lots of autumn flowers and berries growing in beatrix potter's garden and a pumpkin patch too :)...............the golden sunlight made everywhere look amazing, and the lit up hills looked almost unreal...........there were no lambs in the field at hilltop this time, but we did see some bunnies hopping about, in fact there were lots of bunnies hopping about in grasmere too, and nibbling the grass in st oswald's churchyard.................

 ............we came home feeling refreshed after our break and rather surprised and lucky that we didn't need the waterproofs this time.............my autumn decorating is now underway and i have put some more fabric pumpkins around the house.............

 ..........a bright granny square join-as-you-go blanket was my crochet project of choice this week to work on in the evenings when we lit the log fire..........once the sun went down and the evenings drew in it felt very autumnal and cosy..............

 ..............when we arrived back i found a very sweet parcel waiting for me.............

 ............it was from the lovely heather at vintage grey, and contained the adorable embroidered potholder that i won recently in heather's giveaway........and also a set of gorgeous maple leaf coasters which i love.........thank you heather for such generous gifts :)..........the little pom poms and pretty handmade tags on all heather's packaging make her gifts extra special.......you can find heather's gorgeous makes in the vintage grey shoppe here..................

 .............finally today here is a quick picture of my hexie quilt now pinned together and being hand quilted....it is a real pleasure to sew and i hope to have it finished very soon.............

...........thank you for visiting here today lovely readers, and for your sweet comments and emails too.......it's always a joy to hear from you and if i haven't replied to some of your emails i will very soon.................we had no internet connection in the lakes, so i am looking forward to catching up now with everyone's blogs :).................wishing you a sweet autumn week and a very happy october............back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxoooooooooooooooxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx