Early October

 The first few days of the month were almost summer-like, temperatures were warm and days were sunny. I had GD8 to play one day

 

and collected GD5 from school on another day, stopping at the playpark on the way to the car.

 I've started a new blanket

 and a new jigsaw puzzle - I've never seen one before where all the corner pieces were the same colour!

 Leaves are turning colour, and some look quite magnificent,

 spiders are everywhere, including on headbands.

 In between the houses opposite I spotted a couple of deer in the field. This is magnified quite a lot, which is why it's a bit soft focussed.

 Another herb word suggested itself recently

 Yesterday, at long last, we had some significant rain. Obviously we still need a great deal more yet to make up for the summer shortfall, and more is forecast for the weekend. Lets hope it comes.

 

I love autumn. How about you? 

September Photo Hunt ; Measuring/Measurements

The theme for September's monthly photo challenge, hosted by Eileen at A Bracelet of Days was Measuring/Measurements. 

Here's my selection.

1. My current jigsaw puzzle

 2. Yarn

 3. A mug that I gave GM for his 60th birthday

 4. Our thermostat

 5. My tape measure

 6. Annie Martha, our grandmother clock, who measures time

 7. Our oven temperature control

 8. Three cooking timers, because why just have one?

 9. The trip meter in Natalya, my car

 10. The height chart in my DiL's kitchen. (I'm NJ, Nanny Joy)

 Thanks Eileen, that was fun. What's the subject for next month?

 

I did it

 I  set myself the challenge to walk 90 miles in September, and I achieved it. This is the start of a larger challenge, to walk 1000 miles in 12 months - Watch This Space.

 I recently took a trip to Surrey, and on one of my days there I went out walking with CH and her mum, it made a nice change to be walking with someone else instead of on my own. 

 Naturally, it is my two lovely GDs that I miss the most when I don't see them for several months, they are growing too fast these days.

 Some other things I've done this month

1. My book cover blanket has another 4 squres added

 

2. I've partially knitted my third fairy

 3. And completed 30 days of Woodoku

 How was September for you?

Third week of September

 My second completed dreamcatcher is on its was to its recipient. I'm loving making these.

 My target for walking 90 miles in September is looking realistic, by the 20th I'd walked in excess of 60 miles.

 There's still some colour in the yarden, although the tomatoes and runner beans are finished.

 I've been having a bit of a clearout, I'm over-run with crocosmia, and although they are my favourite, I really need to make room for something else as well. Want some?

 You can tell it's autumn, the spiders webs show up so much more this time of year.

 The weather is still warm and very pleasant, I hope it is where you are too.

 

 

September, half way.

In a recent post I mentioned my challenge of walking 90 miles during the month, and on 15th, halfway through, I had walked slightly more than the target 45 miles. Well done me.

 The yarden doesn't have a lot of colour this time of year (apart from a lot of green), so I walked round to the local garden centre and bought a couple of flowering plants, a Michaelmas Daisy and a Salvia Hot Lips 

 

and, at long last, one of my cosmos has flowered.

 

I made the decision to harvest my bag of potatoes. Maybe I should have left them longer, there were loads of spuds, but all very small.

 I have lots of things currently on the go, but nothing I can photograph yet. Watch this space.

September, ten on the tenth

 Ten photos taken through the day yesterday, all fairly self-explanatory.

 

And a couple of bonus photos, because I love numbers - make sure you look at both of them