November, heading towards another Lock down...

 Hello out there in blog land,  This November we are heading back into lock down to reduce covid 19 numbers.... Again, a worrying time for us all, especially at the moment on the pressure for the NHS. Although my blog tries to be upbeat and positive I do feel the need to be honest and with two parents in their 70s under going radiotherapy and dad who has already had chemo... My mind is full of worry.... 

Schools will stay open as normal. 

As always escapism is my way of coping and usually involves a good walk in the country or by the sea... My 'positive' journal is back out to help me through too, writing down life's happy things... Something to reflect on during those bleak moments.... 

October was a really positive month though and I keep focusing on that... 

But Halloween was eerily quiet, no little ghosts and witches knocking on doors trick or treating, not quite the same, just a quiet night in and a box of chocs... Well, that bit was the same tehe🤭

I still lit my pumpkin and enjoyed the flickering lights... 

I'm lucky to have my wonderful partner, he always keeps me grounded and my lovely daughter who is always there to make me smile.... I've hugged everyone a little tighter this week. 

I'm so thankful we got to the coast too... Before we head to lock down... I keep thinking of those beautiful turquoise colours of the sea... And finding pieces of shell and blue sea glass... 

We headed to Avon Mill nursery after our walk... 

The sky above the roof tops.... 

A wonderful walk in Cornwall.... 

I couldn't believe my eyes when stevie spotted the most beautiful, huuuge Toadstool I'd ever seen... ❤

I love the Lanes covered in Autumn leaves

My friend on Instagram sent me the beautiful hare wreath with toadstools and pumpkins... You can see her feed on Instagram if you click on my post on there. 

I've been keeping as cosy as can be in the cottage... Lots of hot chocs, woolly jumpers, woolly socks and cosy blankets... 

A day later, after my lovely walk I found my little pretty jar of chutney I'd bought off an honesty box in the Cornish village... What a wonderful surprise... And it tasted wonderful with cheese and crackers that evening.... 

I've stocked up on magazines this week.... 

Keep safe and well dear friends.... 

x     K a z z y    x

Autumn

Along comes Autumn... 

Enjoying getting all snug like a little mouse in the cottage... Twinkly lights, cosy blankets and hot chocs... ✨🍁✨🍂✨

Made an autumnal fabric journal cover for my daily sketch book... ✨🍁✨

Love collecting little mossy branches fallen in the gusty winds, dried seed heads, pretty autumn leaves... 

Page from my journal and some  other Autumnal inspired illustrations 

On walks by the canal...

The misty Morn up on the hill top part of the garden✨🍁✨🍁✨

So much still in flower even my cosmos in the garden... I was gifted the wonderful cotton fabric mask coverings from a lovely lady on Instagram, they're beautifully hand made... 

I do enjoy walking around church yards... All the history, architecture and ornate gravestones... And not forgetting those amazing stain glass windows... I could stare for hours at the details and scenes depicted on them... The vibrancy too. 

Lovely walks along the estuary in the south hams, Devon 

I made a wreath with the mossy branches, seed heads I found carpeting the estuary woodland floor... 💚

My walk on Dartmoor... Mushrooms growing from an old farmers Post... My shadow over the moorland such beautiful sunlight and autumn colours... 🍁

A lot of cosy evenings spent with good books, creating and making... ❤️

This is the first time I've done a blog post through my phone as normally I'd use my faithful laptop, so the process seems a lot longer and slightly odd... And I'm not sure if the words and images are correct or the layout is o. K... It will take me a while to get used to a different process, So a bit of a test run eeekk. 

Hope you're enjoying the Autumnal changes during this season, 

x   k a z z y   x

Summer's End....

...I've been meaning to post all of last week, but sometimes you just cant find your words and feel lost in what to write...But it feels like a 'New' beginning starting September. And I think i've finally found my words.

Like a fresh journal page , I see September like a new years day...Full of plans and full on ideas, re-freshed and a bit more Spring in my step. Its been an odd Summer really on the whole and Covid-19 on every ones minds. My August was filled with worry and that missing feeling when my daughter had to go into quarantine after a holiday in France with her father...

So I thought a Blog Catch up might calm me and remind me of the good things that happened during the Summer's end. 

I've spent time with my mother and in her garden after her cancer op (masks on), had a wonderful holiday week with my Stevie,  we've done lots of wonderful coastline walks in Cornwall, visited family and spent weekends exploring Dartmoor and Lustleigh with Stevie's parents. We've also been to...

 The Powderham Castle estate near Exeter...we saw wild roaming deer...had cuppa and a brownie at the garden nursery and farm shop.

 Lots of wonderful butterflies and bees during August while out on walks and in the garden...❁❀❁

 Cawsand, Cornwall walk to Ramehead...6 miles we walked...it was lovely the views along the coastline.

 Totnes, Devon...Lovely artisan markets and food festival. Flags flying everywhere!~ love bunting...

Gifts from the Garden...fennel flowers and Cosmos...❀❁❀

There was some really beautiful blue skies and sunbeams...But we've also had flash flooding in Devon during August and some very stormy weather.

Such a beautiful walk from Fowey around the coastal path...to hidden coves...sparkling turquoise seas.

Lots of wonderful apples from our two Apple trees in our Hill top garden.

Dartmoor pony...We had a picnic up on the Moors over bank holiday Monday.

There is a crisp, change in the air as we head towards Autumn.

 I love all the red berries and baby acorns growing...

 I'm wearing my woolly cardigan today despite the blue sky it feels cooler.

 Enjoying the last weeks of a fruitful garden...

Keep well and cosy my lovelies, good luck those dreading sending school children back during these worrying Covid months...And Thank you kindly for all the wonderful comments i received on my last post.

~❁❀❁~ Ive been creating lots of illustrations but I will show you more of that during September, hopefully.

  x    K a z z y    x