September

Helloooooooo!!!! Oooooo 'tis so good to be back in the Attic!!

I have missed you all, and am very glad to be home....that's not to say we didn't enjoy a most wonderful holiday by the sea, because ohhh yes we did. But coming home has it's own sweet happiness, despite the fact that the dirty laundry pile is humungous and that every room in the house looks like....like....hmm well not sure quite what it looks like, but it's not a good look. It's Untidiness on a grand scale. But no matter, I'm not stressing over it, and like I say, my overwhelming feeling is one of Gladness-To-Be-Home.

 

So....August is now behind us, and here we are tiptoeing gently and softly into the mellow month of September. The tail end of Summer, the tentative steps towards Autumn. I've just been re-reading my post from this same time last year, and how kind of reassuring it is to find that I am feeling pretty much in the same state of mind this year. I do kind of like this change in the seasons, but am always reluctant to embrace it at first. I find myself clinging on to the possibility that September could still be classed as a Summer month and that we don't need to really seriously face Autumn until October comes knocking.

 

One thing I do adore about this time of year is the change in the light. It can be sooo heart achingly beautiful. This morning was just such a time :: I bobbed up to the Attic quite early (6.45am) to see what sort of clouds/weather we were starting the day with and the view almost took my breath away...well not so much the view as the light and the colours....just beautiful. And fleeting :: the golden glow has all gone now, but the day looks like it's going to be warm and bright, if a little cloudy. Quite pleasantly Septemberish I'd say.

 

So September is here and I need to get used to the idea I guess. School will start back next week, so this week new school shoes will need to be purchased (can you hear me inwardly groaning?) and name labels will need to be sewn into new, bigger, stiffer school uniform (more groaning). But we are also going to enjoy the last days of freedom and playtime with friends during this week, with some trips to the park and general fun and laziness I think.

 

Very unusually, I actually turned the pages on my three calendars yesterday, a whole day early. I was kind of desperate to get a feel for the month ahead, to try and get my mind to focus on the business of September and stop hankering for more of August. Can't say I was that inspired by the Bossy calendar mind you (image above)...bit too brown and fuddy-duddy for me. Don't think I'll be doing loose covers or roman blinds either, sorry.

I am thinking more along the lines of beginning a bright, patchwork quilt to throw over the second sofa in our living room, which does happen to be a kind of boring pale brown not dissimilar to the colours in the above picture. Oatmeal I think it was officially called when we chose it. Yes, I can see it now...lots of bright and cheery colourful square patches which I can sit and hand-stitch in front of the fire. Talking of which, we did actually light our fire for the first time at the weekend (we had a real sudden cold snap on Saturday/Sunday), and I admit that I enjoyed it enormously. So yeah..ok..maybe I could be persuaded to create a kind of loose cover, if you could call a quilt that, but no no no, definitely not in Autumnal Browns.

The beautiful, beautiful Ideal Homes calendar is as stunning as ever, I do truly love these images each and every month. Golden light, long shadows, dewy grass and mellow fruits. Mmmmmmmm.

 

I spent a little while yesterday pottering in my back yard, deadheading the dead flowers and chatting to the living flowers. My pots have really filled out during the two months since they were planted and the colours are more glorious then ever.

And speaking of glorious colour....just feast your eyes on my new yarn!!!

This yarn has a wonderful Story behind it, and a new project already underway with it...more will be revealed in due course.

Sorry? Teasing you?? Who me???? Hahaha, well you may just be right about that.

I'm hoping over the remainder of this week to share some of my Northumberland holiday pictures with you all, if that's OK? I uploaded them to the computer yesterday and got quite giddy just looking at the images :: beaches and rockpools, harbours and castles, dahlias and butterflies. Oh, I do so enjoy writing my post-holiday-posts, I hope you won't mind coming along with me.

So until then, hoping you really enjoy the first day of September which ever corner of the world you are in....see you tomorrow...

xxxxxxxxxxx

ps, did I mention I'm glad to be back?? :o) xx

Comments

[Anna-Karin, Sweden]

Welcome home!!! It's so nice seeing you here!
Feel just the same about this new month. Today, it feels like summer, with the blue sky, and already 20 degrees.
Oh, your new yarn!! It's so lovely. Can't wait to hear about the Story behind it, and what you will do with it. The colours are stunning!!!

Love Anna-Karin xxx

[lucy]

Glad to have you back, I missed your little daily doses of colour and cheerfulness.
We lit the fire as well at the weekend, I think more because we miss it than that we needed it!

[Ann-Charlotte (another Swedish fan)]

Oh I havent followed your blog for more than a few mere weeks, but I have longed to have you back sharing especially new colourful ideas but also lovely stories about living. I have really tried to enjoy my life and colour a bit more since July when I found this site. My autumn plans: a colourful bedspread for my daughters bed to come (well being only one in..two weeks..I am well ahead in idea). So, welcome home and enjoy.

[little pink room]

Great to have you back!! Lovely photos! We've started back to school already up here in Scotland. Like you, I can still remember last September so clearly. Where does the time go? Looking forward to hearing more about the projects. Axx

[Jo Drywood]

I was thrilled to see you're back! I've only been following you for a month or so but your cheerfulness, positivity and creativeness are a real tonic! I've been making some of your granny squares and wondered if you could tell me how to make the back of a square a little neater? I've been weaving the ends in but there always seems to be little "stubby" bits!! Hope you can help. Jo xxxx

[Anna]

Welcome back! Very nice to have you here in blogland again!

Anna x

[Quiltefia]

We missed you, yes! Welcome back!

[Kali]

As always a treat to visit...welcome back dear girl !
xo, Kali

[Mikaela]

Welcome home! Lovely photos of the morning light and lovely new yarn, I look forward to finding out what you have planned for it.
Gorgeous sea glass too. Nice to have pretty little treasures like that as souvenirs of happy holidays x

[noelle]

welcome home, nice to have you back. looks like lots of work ahead(nice work) with that yarn and patchwork quilt! be nice to see. x x

[sherri]

Welcome backkkkkkk home and to blogland too! You were very much missed. Lets get crocheting shall we?

[nora]

welcome back...

[Carole]

OOOOO it is sooooooo nice to have you back. I can`t tell you how i miss your fab blogs and inspiration. I`m glad you had a good holiday and look forward to your photos, as they are always so good. I like the look of your new yarn and can`t wait to see what you making with it. I hope to go to the Stitch & Craft show in Manchester on friday! I`m on the hunt for an ergonomic crochet hook, so hope i`ll get one there. Welcome back love Carole from Rossendale xxxxx

[michelle]

Oh it's so nice to have you back.

[anna]

Settembre: Autunno caldo con tanti colori, mele vendemmia a cui vivo in campagna con tante mele e tanta uva !! Buon autunno !!

[Louise]

Welcome back! Glad to hear you had a lovely holiday. Looking forward to seeing your colourful holiday photos.

[Fiona]

Welcome back. I've so missed your happy posts. Glad you've had a lovely holiday. Thanks for your sweet message on my blog by the way. Things feeling a little more positive roung my way. Love the start of September(born in September) and love your autumnal looking photos at the start. I should get better and capturing images quickly as you do. I was also up early this morning(5.45) with a slightly stressed back to school teacher hubbie and the light was amazing here too but I wasn't there with the camera as you were. Looking forward to seeing the latest wool project. Those colours are gorgeous. Happy shoe shopping! Fiona x

[Jackie]

Lucy ~ It's so lovely to have you back with all your colourful enthusiasm for everything! I am so glad that you had a wonderful holiday and am looking forward to seeing what delights you are going to create with all your lovely new yarn :O)

[The Curious Cat]

Ah I love autumn too and September - I've noticed a lot of creative bloggers love the Autumn - I wonder what says about us? I guess it would say that we all really appreciate beauty. I know what you mean about the light - I wrote about that myself this time last year when I wrote a post dedicated to Autumn. I was just starting my blog then...almost a year now - infact...wait a min?! It is! Might need to check the exact date but I may have missed my own blog birthday! Beautiful pictures by the way - you really captured the light you are describing here! Stunning. xxx

[paula]

These pictures are so beautiful.

[Erin Medley]

I have caught a couple looks of some awesome sunrises here this past weekend. They are really just calming to me too. Im glad you enjoyed your trips!! I can't wait to see your new yarn project either! Glad your back.

[Judith]

Hi Lucy, Pleased you enjoyed been up in the North at the Seaside. Is Craster the same as ever? I am going back To Northumberland at the end of September, got a wedding and a 70th birthday to attend. Think I am going to miss all the sunshine here in Crete but I will only be in England for 2 weeks. Looking forward to you holiday post. Oh and you are such a tease!

[Nina - Tabiboo]

Lucy 'helllooooo' it is so lovely to have you back!

What can I say? Love the light, love the pictures, love the yarn, love, love, love!!

I've just hand sewn a gazillion labels in this morning (sewing machine says NO) and my fingers are sooooo sore!!

Glad to have you back,

take care,

Ninax

ps. I've finished my crochet bag courtesy of your pattern!! Thank you. Nxx

[Gerda Hartman]

Web space was really empty when you were gone. Glad you are back with nice stories. Made me really curious with your next project. While you were gone I finished some (lol).

[Sunitha]

Welcome back Lucy... I have been coming to your website most religiously every day even though my blog update was stuck on your last post. Waiting to hear what your next project is.. Love all the wonderful colors you use!