It has been just me and the two tiny tigers here for a couple of days while Dean is in Athens, shooting some photos for a mini city guide. We have been embracing the crisp November mornings and participating in a bit of slow living. Relaxing by the fire under this beautiful blanket that was a gift from our lovely friend and fellow shop owner – Ali, flipping pancakes, making huge pots of soup, watching movies and I have even planted some of my tulip bulbs. I am so excited for them to peep up out of the lawn next spring. They better be as beautiful as expected, after the backbreaking task of digging them in!
The kitchen (almost finished) has been full of the scent of spiced apples stewing on the hob and jasmine tea brewing. While the office has been calm and zen filled as I am trying out the new incense we have over at the store for this autumn and winter. We are super excited to have six of P.F Candle co’s beautiful charcoal incense home fragrances in the shop, they smell amazing.
The kitchen table is still out of action as it is now covered with our plant gang. They had to be moved away from the fire because it is just so toasty in the living room when the log burner is lit.
Clifftop wanderings on the way home from the post office are my daily fresh air ritual and all that was green is now twiggy and brown.
Above is another of my favourite sights from our village. At dusk, from a distance, this crabapple looks like a thousand tiny stars have been dropped from the sky down on to its branches. Below, the wildlife verge that has been left to go to seed outside the church, stems waving and scattering their sun-dried treasure for next years flowers.
A seasonal colour change on our little wooden shelves is making the office feel cosy. Below, I have no idea what this plant is called, we planted it in our garden last year (lost the label) and this year it has just exploded into tiny blooms, I call it a butterfly bush. Out of the corner of your eye, it looks like hundreds of butterflies fluttering about in the breeze.
The cats have been sleeping most of the days as its so chilly, but they love to join me outside when I am doing something in the garden. Rolling around in the dust and chasing each other up and down the lawn. My little partners in crime.
Now it’s all about lining up some weekend reading so I can catch up on some travel and interior inspiration. The stacks get moved and rearranged and re-stacked and moved again before I ever settle down to read anything.
We have been so lucky to visit some amazing people and their wonderful gardens just lately. as if by magic on the first of day of the new month we awoke to crisp air and that beautiful November light x
