🌿🍁🍂Autumnal feeling🍂🍁🌱

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The cottage felt a lot cooler this morning, a real nip in the air when I made my 6.45am cup of milky coffee. I peeped out the back door and lots of Autumnal coloured leaves lay on the hill top steps.Its such a peaceful time in the morning just before busy routines.... We'd had a lovely long weekend Friday and Monday - it's been lovely having extra holiday time with my partner who has been using up unused holiday time. I think he still has a floating 6 days to use so I might get a few more long weekends leading up to winter. The Monday was a Bank hol due to the Queens funeral. But Friday we decided to head to Market day in Totnes. Oh its just such a wonderful atmosphere every time we visit, musicians playing on the street, lots of organic produce, friendly cafes, lots of little independent shops, antiques market, thrifty shops... And bookshops... And of course I came home with goodies! We definitely needed some a cheerful escape... The News has been awfully sad of late. 

We enjoyed tea & cake... And just mooched about taking in all the sights and smells. It was an incredibly busy day, so many people. We walked back along the river below the town towards the car park. 

The weekend Sophia was with us we visited Buckland Abbey, National Trust. We had another picnic there and it was beautiful... Such an Autumnal feeling in the air. 

The biggest pumpkins and turnips and gourds I'd ever seen. Beautiful array of colour and varieties. I love exploring the gardens during Autumn... 🍂🍁💕⭐

The colours leading up to Autumn are my most favourite... ⭐🍁🍂🍁🥀✨ The Abbey, museum, old monks barn were lovely to walk around & the volunteers there are so knowledgeable especially loved the kitchen and as it was a Heritage weekend they showed us sneeky peeks of the parlour cupboard and stairs leading to the servants quarters - those parts fascinate me most. I love looking at the kitchen wares, old kitchen utensils & dresser tops, cupboards and hidey holes. How they preserve foods, storage and huge big open spit fires. The fireplace is huge! Two in fact. 

Such an amazing place to explore... Especially the gardens, estate orchard, woodland walks. 

I've still been junk journaling my way through September... 🖌️📖Here are some more pages using lots of fussy cut pieces, ephemera, old book pages, magazine cut outs ect.... 

I'll do an end of September 'show & tell' of all the prompts from Instagram

 # junkjournalsept 

Also a junk journal page that inspired some pen & ink illustrations... 

My Hill top garden sky.... My market town one early eve.... And a fond farewell to the Queen🥀👑

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⭐👸The Queen & journaling September ✨⭐

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Firstly, the sad News of the HM Queens passing... What a wonderful lady she was. She was the same age as my late grandparents and they lived in London. As a little girl they would take me to lots of royal family occasions at Buckingham Palace outside in the crowd ... I think I remember being 6 years old when we waved with flags at Andrews wedding to fergie as their wedding carriage went slowly passed. And despite not all people being into the royal family they have been apart of our whole lives... And like any grandparent passing It is incredibly sad. To mark this occasion and a little fondness to the Queens jubilee film with her and Paddington bear eating marmalade sandwiches I decided to do this watercolour. 

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I've also been joining in on the prompts # junk journal Sept over on Instagram. 

The first 10 are begin, kindness, season, lost & found, change, cracked, envelope (didn't do muted), dreams & pattern... 

This is the junk journal cover finished for September. 

I've been enjoying the process of not spending too much time but just loving the slow creative flow... ❤️

A trip to the Cornish coast... Vitamin Sea... Just blissful. 🌊💙🐚⛱️🌊

Good to escape the sad News and watch the waves... Turned into a beautiful sunny day. 

We also had a wonderful Sunday (a weekend ago) family walk at Stover Nature Reserve in Devon. 

Sweet September days.... 

My daughter will turn 16 soon & her final academic year of school. 

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