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Things to Do Now Autumn Is Here

Wednesday, 16 September 2015

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.


Play tent


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!

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)


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.


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12 comments

  1. PinkPearBear16 September 2015 at 12:55

    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

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    1. Mrs Tubbs16 September 2015 at 17:44

      Saw your pictures and everything looks lovely! Yum!

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  2. Sarah Howe - Run Jump Scrap16 September 2015 at 13:58

    Ah 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

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    1. Mrs Tubbs16 September 2015 at 17:44

      Thank you for hosting each week :)

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  3. Silly Mummy17 September 2015 at 00:56

    Hope 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

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    1. Mrs Tubbs21 September 2015 at 12:27

      It was great fun! I see lots of jumping in muddy puddles in your future ;)

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  4. Moderate Mum17 September 2015 at 20:49

    Such 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

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    1. Mrs Tubbs21 September 2015 at 12:27

      Go for it! I've never dared try it ...

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  5. Beau is Blue18 September 2015 at 20:24

    As always a great read and a fantastic idea!! Such lovely photographs too! Suz x Beauisblue.com

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    1. Mrs Tubbs21 September 2015 at 12:28

      Thank you for the lovely comment. :) Have a great week

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  6. Erin Vincent21 September 2015 at 02:41

    Oh, 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!

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    1. Mrs Tubbs21 September 2015 at 12:29

      The blackberries tasted as good as they looked. Almost gone now though. Thank you for commenting

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