3Bt for the weekend

1. Lost 5 kg following a crazy no no diet. Felt like something the cat had just brought up but was very pleased.
2. Caught a nasty little cold virus. (Wait a minute, I know what you are saying. How can catching a cold be seen as a beautiful thing? Well you see, its like this. Having a bad cold and feeling so weak and exhausted that you simply don't want to stand up is good because once those first few days have gone by, you start to get better and suddenly you remember how beautiful it is to be healthy. So, thanks for the cold and the one thing that could make it more beautiful is if it would go away in time for my concert on Saturday.
3. At the bottom of our garden, on the lawn in front of the summer house 3 great big Fly agaraic mushrooms have been growing. Ok, they are now past their best but they are a truely beautiful sight.

3Bt for yesterday

1. Day two of my diet and what a surprise! I am not very good at doing diets and I am very delighted to be able to report that I feel good and very positive about it.
2. For two days a dull deadening and all enveloping fog has been hanging around and making everything seem so dull and dreary. Late last night a wonderful playful wind kicked up and has blown all those creepy Halloween ghosts away. Thank goodness that's over for another year.
3. Had a good session with the children in Erle. It is always a nice feeling to come away thinking that something has been achieved.

Autumn bites home

Well, the lovely long and luxurious summer has long since left us and autumns dresses are lying ragged in the gutter. The dark outline of trees naked of garb is becoming more and more the norm. The ground seems to be permanently damp and the nights are so long. It starts to get dark at just after 17:00 and that makes for a very long night. Ok, in December we will have the longest night and then at least the cusp will have been reached and we can start looking forward to longer days and the hope of a fresh new warmer spring. Even so, autumn and winter have their own special qualities and they have something comforting about them. This is the season of hot pots of steamy tea and hushed conversations snuggled up on the sofa while looking outside at the wonderful variety of weather. Here are a couple of pictures I took last weekend of the wonderful colours that surround our house at the moment.