As I posted earlier this month, it's beginning to feel a lot like Autumn. There are lots of fun things I want to do before the season passes and Winter comes.
Get out the slow cooker / crockpot
I love cooking stews and soups with my slow cooker. Prepare the ingredients and bung them in the night before, switch it on first thing in the morning and then leave for work. Return home to a fantastic dinner and a wonderful smelling house. Yum! All with very little effort on my part and very little washing up.
Projects!
I could try some of those craft projects or baking recipes that I pin to my secret boards on Pinterest. Teaching myself a new skill. Weaving, knitting, sewing or baking biscuits or cakes ... Or I could acknowledge that I'm actually not really that person and just delete them. Even the birds turned their noses up at the last cake I made. Less cake, more brick. And being dyslexic means that anything delicate involving hand eye co-ordination just isn't my thing.
Instead, I may just look at pictures of coats ... Mmm ... coats. And think about which one I want to buy. Whilst cursing whoever invented the French Wardrobe. They obviously didn't have a daily commute to work that involved waiting at bus stops and train stations with a mile walk. You need a coat for that. It's a basic not an item. Unless you want to turn into Frosty the Snowman. Ah well, rules is rules!
Instead, I may just look at pictures of coats ... Mmm ... coats. And think about which one I want to buy. Whilst cursing whoever invented the French Wardrobe. They obviously didn't have a daily commute to work that involved waiting at bus stops and train stations with a mile walk. You need a coat for that. It's a basic not an item. Unless you want to turn into Frosty the Snowman. Ah well, rules is rules!
Foraging
There are blackberries in our garden. They're mixed up with stinging nettles and a very thorny rose bush, but what I can get at I will pick. And eat. (Sadly, the pictures that were with this post are long gone. Like the blackberries. Hope you like the replacement)
The World Cup starts in a few days so I need to learn the rules and the names of the players so I'm ready to watch. I have my favourite team - Wales - and my second favourite - New Zealand.
Rugby
The World Cup starts in a few days so I need to learn the rules and the names of the players so I'm ready to watch. I have my favourite team - Wales - and my second favourite - New Zealand.
What projects and things do you want to do in Autumn that you can only do this time of year?
And wish me luck at my first blogger event tonight, the #LLBlogMeet organised by JJ over at Love London.
And wish me luck at my first blogger event tonight, the #LLBlogMeet organised by JJ over at Love London.
Yum, we did some foraging for blackberries too and had a big baking day yesterday. Such an amazing ingredient, shame brambles are so antisocial for the rest of the year! :D #bestandworst
ReplyDeleteSaw your pictures and everything looks lovely! Yum!
DeleteAh love this. I think I like to buy clothes which sounds so shallow but yep coats and boots! I think the slow cooker may get used a bit more too! Hubby makes a means beef brisket. Thanks foe sharing with #bestandworst and see you again xx
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting each week :)
DeleteHope your blog event went well. Love your Autumn ideas. I really should think of some of my own - it's a good idea. I love Autumn, nearly as much as I love Winter. #bestandworst
ReplyDeleteIt was great fun! I see lots of jumping in muddy puddles in your future ;)
DeleteSuch a good idea to look to the positive as the sunshine fades away. I've collected a load of fruit I'm working up the courage to make jam x
ReplyDeleteGo for it! I've never dared try it ...
DeleteAs always a great read and a fantastic idea!! Such lovely photographs too! Suz x Beauisblue.com
ReplyDeleteThank you for the lovely comment. :) Have a great week
DeleteOh, the blackberries look divine! The cooler weather always gets me wanting to cook hearty stews...It must be my body thinking it's going to hibernate for the winter, HA! Thanks for sharing at the Mad Mid Week Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteThe blackberries tasted as good as they looked. Almost gone now though. Thank you for commenting
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