hello october, hello sunshine

there's been a mini heatwave here in the uk. hopefully it's just a very late summer, otherwise it seems disconcerting to be so hot at this time of year. we've been making the most of the sunshine as it's bound to be the last we see before the days get colder and darker. spending every minute outside; walking, exploring, having evening picnics on the beach, and swimming everyday. i've been loving getting into that water, so exhilarating. and so freezing but it is autumn after all. i fancy while i'm out in the cool waves, that i could be one of those people you hear about, that swim in the sea every single day of the year. but then i realise there's no way, and it's just unusually hot at the moment. how strange it is to be swimming in october while autumn coloured leaves cover the ground and the bushes are filled with bright red berries.

is the season taking you by surprise where you are?
sarada xxx

waiting

we're just pottering around close to home these days as we adjust to the new school routines. we went to the nearby park today before home time. i find myself looking for things that would interest him as we spend the days keeping busy, but always awaiting his return. he likes to ride his scooter home so we often bring it with us. this little one he gets so excited and speed crawls to the door when it's time to go and collect him. the days are so different now. it's safe to say i, we, yes even the baby, really miss him.

sarada xxx

at the weekend

we had a picnic on friday night in a park near us with huge trees, where we sat and ate chicken with orange and tomato glaze from my new favourite cookbook and a boot fair find apples for jam. and explored, climbed trees, made fairy houses and looked at the sky. such a nice evening. on sunday still trying to soak up the last of the sunshine we went to the same place for an apple day. of course i forgot my camera, and we couldn't find a toffee apple anywhere, but still it was fun, the children played and the grown ups drank locally brewed cider and we all ate beech nuts from the tree we were sitting under until it was time to go home with handfuls of colourful leaves and lots to dream about.

hope you had a lovely weekend,
sarada xxx

tea and toast

i'm on my 3rd cup already or is it 4th?! it's a yummy chai by clipper and homemade jam by the little sis, but still, that doesn't make up for the unsettling feeling that has taken hold. the baby is in bed and my big boy is at school. yes i know i can't quite believe it. i thought it was still summer, that there was plenty of time left. but autumn is rearing it's lovely crisp, cool, colourful head and that means big changes for all of us here especially for my just turned 4 year old. and at the moment i'm not feeling too good about it.

hope you had a lovely summer,

and see you soon i hope,
sarada xxx

morocco

i'm still dreaming of our wonderful holiday even though it was weeks ago! we had such a fantastic time, the kids went with the flow and we just took things really slowly. time in marrakech, a week on the beach and a short trip to the atlas mountains. so much to see and experience, warm weather for a change, a bit too hot actually, at times. and the best bit, being able to spend all that time together. so lovely.

sarada xxx

slow progress

we're back from morocco, we had a fantastic time. i'll tell more another day.

i just wanted to show some pictures of the allotment. me and the littlest spent nearly the whole day up there. such sweet company.

my parents have been so great in getting us started. they helped us put up a fence and got us a shed and my mum has been weeding and planting with me and my aunty gave me some plants. thank you so much. we have a long way to go, but i am just doing it little by little. i spent most of the day weeding the potatoes that were starting to look a bit sorry. they look much better don't you think mum. and i have put sand around some of the plants to try and stop the slugs that are munching quicker than i am planting, so we'll see.

coming home from the allotment i always feel relaxed and grateful for a moment of quiet, even when i have a little one in tow.

sarada xxx