Cosy Thoughts

 So how's it going? have you been bringing out some warm rugs and throws, getting ready for cool evenings and fresh mornings? bringing comfort foods like hot chocolate and golden syrup to the front of the kitchen cupboards where your children will rediscover hot drinks before bed? digging out your winter woollies?  I am ready for Autumn, looking forward to it and welcoming all the signs.....

Today's silk painting was an experiment with various colours sitting side by side. I expect there is a rule somwhere about how many colours you need to make a picture look balanced ... but I don't know the answer so am trying out what works.  Maybe there aren't any rules!

The colours always look a lot brighter before the silk is heat set and washed and I always forget that!  Don't you find the colours in nature influence what you are wearing? I love the elderberries around here, little lime green berries mixed with fat juicy purple, red and black ones, so am wearing purples lately with a lime green scarf!

If I have spare time later in the year this might become a cushion cover.... wish I was one of those people who just whipped things up on the sewing machine.  I could be, if I tried harder, maybe.

My chiminea had a thorough scrub down with wire wool ready for cooler evenings - I have stocked up on smokeless coal, we have been foraging for logs in the woods.  I love this time of year, love sitting outside with a blanket.

We have conkers, elderberries, early sloe berries and falling leaves - all in the presence of bright  Autumn sunshine and the odd lingering wildflower.  It's my day off today - I have been working a lot of overtime so am really enjoying pottering around making the house feel cosy, setting candles on window sills and have even had time for planting Spring bulbs up in tubs.

Here's me painting away, oblivious to the mess around me!

Are you ready for Autumn? Thankyou for visiting today - for reading my ramblings, being a friendly passer by.....