Rosehips

We have an abundance of rosehips in the woods here, the birds are visiting frequently but there will be plenty for them.  I might pick a few for my halloween door wreath.  I like to make something for the door and have some little light up pumpkins to make mine more interesting, will show you next week.

I made loaves using spelt flour, it was delicious with hot soup.  I am interested in baking just now.  I think my now broken and long gone bread machine was not actually as indispensable as I imagined!  It was helpful to save time, but I missed out on the pleasure of handling the dough and kneading and I was restricting myself to the machine recipes only. So I have a library book to help me.  Do you bake bread? I think the smell has to be the most homely you could imagine.

Rosehip watercolour

I am managing to get by without my lost camera, pictures of today's paintings are from my Hudl tablet.  I might try to manage like this for a while and save up for a really good camera as I sometimes see the tail end of deer, foxes or birds but never have a suitable zoom to catch them.  So maybe that's a sealed pot challenge for 2015 - a good camera.  If you haven't heard of this challenge visit Sft blog **here**  we are all saving for trips and treats over on her blog and post our updates on a Sunday on her comments page.  Do you have something you want to save for? if so this group is great way to keep on track, there is just so much enthusiasm and motivation from everyone else.

Thistles watercolour

We have the tail end of a hurricane passing over the UK today so not surprisingly there have been some very high winds here.  There are many ancient trees in the woods behind me, some have preservation orders so cannot be cut down - but sadly they might blow down, we lost a few like this last year in similar winds.  The weather is making me think of winter clothes - I long for a long wool skirt that covers me right to the ankles but I don't think they are the fashion as there is none to be found... will have to watch out at  the charity shops.

This week I had a little minor op and am off work recuperating so next week will be more fun.  Tennage boy will be on school holiday so I have planned a few days out for us, I might post pictures using his mobile phone camera.