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

[cathleen]

The 'certain slant of light' glowing through your attic window is quite beautiful, as is that armful of yarn you are holding. I am delighted you are back and will be posting your happy, sunny, positive and glowing with that 'certain slant of Lucy' twist on life that I have come to dearly love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[valerie]

good to have you back i do miss my daily visit to your blog when you are away

[Lucy]

What a lovely post Lucyloo. I love your early morning photos. I adore the gentle change of light at this time of year, and have to say I am yearning for Autumn! I just love it so desperately, I can't wait for it to arrive. Looking forward to seeing what you're going to do with all that lovely yarn. Loobyloo x

[simone]

Hi Lucy! I wish I had bought the Ideal Homes calender too. I opened up the 'bossy' calender and was also so uninspired to see a brown upholstered chair looking at me! Just to warn you that the following couple of months don't look that great in the 'bossy' calender either! x

[stella]

ahhh...
your bring the lightning september in my heart...
i like the atuum....

and the foggy, sunny bright light of these days, before winter days are coming

greetings
stella

[Kate - The Garden Bell]

As you would say... Yipeeeee... We are all so glad to have you back. Can't wait to see what you have up your sleeve with all that fun new yarn. It looks a little heavier than your last, so I'm sure you have something exciting planned. Keep us posted.

Now, about all that sea glass. I'm not usually the jealous type, but I'm turning green with envy. Very cool. What I fun time must have been had combing the beaches for all those treasures.

Well, time to get back to rippling... Have a pleasant day.

[katie]

Wow! All that gorgeous sea glass! Can't wait to hear and see more!

Longing for that cold snap you wrote about...still in the 90s here. Grr...

[Marian M-S]

I too have to join the chorus of people happy to have you back! The only good thing about you taking off for several days was that I had chance to read all your past entries since I just found your blog. I tried some of your recipes (cheese crumbles, banana bread, tarts, huge successes all of them!), and I am really wanting to learn to crochet :-). But the more I read, the more I was looking forward to hearing about your next project and your trip! Love, love, love this colorful corner of the web!

[Meagan S.]

Lucy it's so good to have you back. Your pictures of the morning sun are breathtakingly beautiful. I just did a post on the beautiful light of the morning hours...we were on the same page with that topic. Glad your holiday was so good and look forward to your post about it.

Blessings!

[Bev]

Welcome back! What pretty colors...the flowers, the glass and the yarn...cna't wait to see what that will become.

[Kathy]

Hi Lucy,

WOW--I just stumbled onto your blog and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your photography, your flowers, your colorful colors and all your INSPIRATION!!! WOW!!! You & your blog just totally made my Tuesday morning...Can't wait to start crocheting again. My grandma taught me when I was 5 years old (35 years ago) and I'm a quilter and knitter and I've been thinking/missing my grandma a lot lately...I'm gonna pull out some of my old crochet afgans and look into getting knew yarns to play with.

THANK YOU!!! ;-)
~ Kathy (Hillsboro, Oregon, USA)

[Betty Anne]

As you are hearing so often today -- Welcome Back!!! I am one of those who have been checking your blog daily and was beginning to wonder if something had happened to you, because it seemed like you had been gone forever : ) Your pictures are beautiful as always and reading your blog gives me that "feel good' feeling inside. Thank you for being you and for sharing you through your blog. Blessings.

[alisonb2]

Hello Lucy. Have missed you.

[Sarah - Jane down the lane]

Hello hello, I just linked to you through a page on a page on a page! You know how it goes, tee hee. I have been admiring your Dorset pics, I have just returned from a lovely weekend in DORset/Devon. It is interesting to see similar things through someone elses eyes. Hop over and have a look at my pics if you have a minute!
:D Sarah

[Rona]

So glad you're back, we missed you! Hope you had a refreshing holiday! Cheers!
Rona

[Jo Drywood]

Hi again Lucy,
Thanks so much for getting back to me! Your wonderful way of looking at "stubby bits" has totally changed the way I feel about them! Thank you. I've just started a little business making crochet tea sets, bowls of soup, cakes, anything really and wondered if you felt the same about "stubby bits" on this sort of thing? I take a lot of care on my work but those darned bits are the bane of my life! Love your new yarn, by the way! Love jo xxxx

[Naomi Rainford]

wooo! so glad your back! when i saw your post in my reader it cheered me up immediately (having one of those grotty days), yes summer is fading away winter is slowing creeping up on us, i am not a fan of winter i get rather down, i love summer and the long days. while you have been away i started making a little squares cushion which you can see on my blog just scroll down a little artystitches.blogspot.com i love working on this thank you for the inspiration, it will be for my sons room, then i want to do a less colourful one for our room. Look forward to more pics and crochet updates :o)

[Carol]

Looking forward to seeing your holiday photo's. Love the photo over the roof tops .... the light is fantastic.

[Julie]

Welcome home, glad you had love holidays but I have missed reading your lovely blog.

[Wendy Wager]

Wecome back Lucy after what sounds a lovely holiday. Can't wait to see what you do with that luscious yarn. Went into my LYS last week hoping to buy the latest Jean Greenhowe toy knitting pattern book, only to be told by the assistant that it probably doesn't exist! I am flabbergasted. According to Jean's website, it should be in the shops now, but what planet is this woman on? I am amused to think she thought I had made this up and she clearly has not heard of the Mistress of Toymaking. I shall return when the other, more congenial assistant, is there. Take care X

[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!

[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).

[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

[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!

[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.