Thinking about the weather :: in my little part of North Yorkshire, the weather and the overall light levels have been very poor in the past fortnight. It's been seriously dim, grey, dank and gloomy and not very pleasant to tell the truth. But in the past few days, there have been little pockets of light to be found :: mostly it's been the early morning and early evening when the sunlight has managed to penetrate the dense grey clouds, and oh, I have appreciated it! Tiny little patches of lightness at either end of the day's greyness which have lifted my spirits enormously.
Thinking about my view :: these views from the Attic were taken yesterday morning, around 8am. Of course we ended up with another dull, grey cloudy day, but the start of it at least was quite breathtaking, if only for a very short while.
Thinking about my breakfast :: I've taken to eating my breakfast outside this week. It's been cold and fresh, and I've really felt the need for cold, fresh air first thing in the morning. It clears my head and revives me a little after what has often been a very restless night for me and Bump24. We are not sleeping great, me and the Bump, our nights are a whole load of blurrgghh. Yet I am surprisingly OK with it.
Thinking about my back yard :: my view across the breakfast bowl is not especially inspiring right now...my summer flowers are more or less over, and then there's that wall look, the wall which I had fully intended (but failed) to paint during the summer months. Love my watering can though, don't you?
Thinking about my feet :: I'm still wearing my crocs, sometimes with bare feet and sometimes with socks. I did try one day last week to go and buy some sensible winter shoes, but rather embarrassingly I found I could no longer bend down enough across the expanse of Bump24 to actually get the shoes onto my feet. The poor shoe shop assistant (a trendy young man with sculpted spiky hair, it was that kind of shoe shop) was not sure whether to laugh, offer to help, or run away. In the end it was me who ran away, and so my crocs are still having to carry me about. I think this winter I'll have to wear crocs in dry weather and wellies in wet weather :: not ideal, but what can one do when ones tummy is the size of a small house?
Thinking about my neighbourhood :: we went to our local park, me and the Little People, at the very end of one day this week (think it was Wednesday?) Me on foot (in my crocs) and the LP on two wheels :: you can see Little Lady in the above picture, a little dot-on-wheels zooming down the grassy slope.
Thinking about the end-of-day :: the light was beautiful at the end of this day, around 5pm or so. Long, golden shadows and full-on Autumnal-ness, a welcome respite from the grey.
Thinking about the Sun :: I really, truly, completely appreciated the Sunlight during this hour at the park. Tried to breathe it in and hold on to it. The sun has been such a rare sight during this past fortnight, hiding out behind all the greyness.
Thinking about Where I'm At :: this month seems to be rollicking by at such a rate that I often find myself almost feeling out of breath with it. Can it really be Pumpkin Day tomorrow?? Already? The last day of October already?? Tomorrow I will be twenty-eight weeks pregnant, moving into the third trimester. Can it really be so??
There is much to be done in the Attic24 household in the next few weeks, and I am simultaneously horrified and excited by the prospect of it. I really need to apply myself wholeheartedly to the business of Nesting. Of tidying,
sorting, clearing, organising, painting, sewing, prettifying and homemaking.
So I'm telling you this now cos it may well become a little bit more Erratic-in-the-Attic in the next week or two, and I don't want you to worry about me if I'm suddenly absent.
I'll be Nesting.
And Nesting is Good.
Thinking about you..............I get inspired!
Posted by: Tijm | October 30, 2009 at 03:41 PM
Lucy, I am terribly enamoured of your Blog... the writing, the pictures, the crafts, the tutorials, the lovely bits of inspiration to see the best in life. Thank you for your work in providing this for us.
In my heart I am sharing a hot cuppa with you in gorgeous England.
(I like the garden wall! Lovely moss... but I tend toward more earthy, crumbling things)
Greetings from Oklahoma, USA, and happy nesting!
Posted by: Katrina | October 30, 2009 at 03:22 PM
I love your wall! It looks like something in the background of an Italian Renaissance painting. Thank you for sharing North Yorkshire with us -- I'm here in the Pacific Northwest in doom and gloom also. It makes me appreciate those tiny patches of sun, and I love looking forward to springtime. Happy pumpkin day to your little people.
Posted by: Liisa | October 30, 2009 at 03:18 PM
For some reason I decided to read thru the comments made this a.m. All the lovely sentiments are mine also. It's people like you that can speak to our soul across the miles and web interfaces and put us in touch with true life. Communicating, in any form, is like a warm hug. Enjoy your nesting and your lovely surroundings.
Posted by: SewLindaAnn | October 30, 2009 at 02:59 PM
Enjoy it Lucy -- every day is to be lived and loved. Best wishes. Linda
Posted by: Linda | October 30, 2009 at 02:51 PM
Isn't being pregnant wonderful? How you look at things differently? How I miss it! Your garden is lovely and the wall? I wouldn't paint it! That is what gives your garden CLASS!!! The skies are lovely over Attic 24...ours have been the same here in America, but that is Fall...have a wonderful time in the next few weeks, getting ready for that wonderful new baby! And as always, thanks for all you share...it is really something to look forward to...
Posted by: Debbie Price | October 30, 2009 at 02:42 PM
Hello Lucy: Before you nest, I must tell you that I am so pleased to have found your blog this very morning via Posy...I...am...charmed. I like blogs, but there are very few I read each day and am always excited to find one that speaks to my soul...yours is added to the list. Your blog has everything I look for in a blog...first, it is enchanting and full of beauty. 2nd, it is informative, informational, crafty and I can learn from it. 3rd, it has...a....feeling...a feeling of contentment that I enjoy. 4th, it is english, and though I hate to admit it, I am a true anglophile. Northern England has always held a certain fascination for me ever since I first read "All creatures great and small" many many years ago. So...I just wanted to tell you that today, you have acquired a new fan...a loyal fan, who will spend some "happy time" this weekend reading the archives of your charming blog in front of a little fire, in a little living room, in a little farmhouse, on a dairy farm in rural virginia in the us. I guess I will be nesting too. I may even attempt some crochet, which I am not very good at, at all. Thanks.
Posted by: Sharon Stanley | October 30, 2009 at 02:33 PM
I like your yard wall, it has character!
Lovely Autumn colours in your park.
Great post!
Good luck with the nesting - don't forget to take it easy though and have some rest too.
Anne.
Posted by: anne@andamento | October 30, 2009 at 02:28 PM
Happy Nesting! Have a lovely weekend.
Posted by: Louise | October 30, 2009 at 02:25 PM
Wow, such lovely pics. I've been following your blog for a little while and it brightens my day to see your colourful posts. Have fun nesting and if the lack of daylight gets to you, you could always get yourself a daylight lamp, I got one recently and it's fabulous, really wakes me up. Loving erratic in the attic too, teehee! xxx
Posted by: Jenny | October 30, 2009 at 01:59 PM
nest away
but remember that there is a whole lot of love and thoughts heading up north to you and bump 24
Posted by: louise | October 30, 2009 at 01:55 PM
Wish you a lovely weekend! And love your wall, so rustic! Glad you didn't get around to painting it!
Posted by: Linda Kristin | October 30, 2009 at 01:49 PM
Beautiful photos, I know what you mean about the grey though. We'e been getting so much snow that you can't see a cloud in the sky, just a thick, grey, blanket of gloominess. Hopefully it will lift soon for you. I love your little back garden and watering can. I so remember not being able to do normal things like putting socks on, or momentarily forgetting not to squat down to look at a book on a low shelf in a bookshop and then suddenly remembering that you cannot actually get back up by yourself. Ah, what memories. Over here, they have faux fur lined crocs, perhaps that is just what you need. Have lots of fun nesting, as far as the sleeping (or lack of sleeping goes) I have always felt that it is preparation for not sleeping when the baby comes, kind of breaks you in easy. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us today Lucy, have a great day.
Posted by: Jennifer | October 30, 2009 at 01:48 PM
Wishes for happy nesting. I knew it was coming with the Plethora of birds you have been making lately. It's amazing how the mind works it way over into our daily crafting.
I totally understand where you are at with your current refacing and all the future prospects at hand. Remember, to just take a moment of the day for yourself to breathe in that fresh air and embrach your surroundings. By today's post, I can see that you are doing just that. Great job.
Don't you just love when you get a great colored sky at sunset in the evening. It's such a nice way to end the day.
I know you may not be around in the next few weeks, but you must remember you are in all our hearts.
Have a very RELAXING weekend.
The wall will still be there in the spring. You can worry about that later, kiddo.
Hugs,
Kate
Posted by: The Garden Bell - Kate | October 30, 2009 at 01:48 PM
I knew the time was coming where you would need to tend to the matters of the home!! I have been dreading the thought of fewer blogs!! You have a lot to do- but I know you will document them and share with your progress with us - hopefully at least once or twice a week!! We are all anxiously looking forward to a post on the renovation going on as well as all the excitement around the little bundle of joy..
Posted by: Sarah A | October 30, 2009 at 01:31 PM
I learned to crochet, and it's all thanks to you!
Enjoy your nesting - here's hoping the little lady doesn't come down with middle child syndrome when bump24 makes an appearance.
Posted by: Cayt | October 30, 2009 at 01:30 PM
I love "erratic in the Attic."
Posted by: Elizabeth D | October 30, 2009 at 01:28 PM
Happy nesting!
Posted by: Lululiz | October 30, 2009 at 01:25 PM
The pictures are just lovely. And boy does your breakfast look good!
Posted by: Julie | October 30, 2009 at 01:23 PM
Nest away Lucy! Nest away! Then take pix of all your nesting and inspire us!
Posted by: andrea | October 30, 2009 at 01:19 PM
hi lucy
your little bit of yorkshire looks so wonderful and you sound so content
thank you for your lovely blog which i devour avidly!!!
gill
Posted by: gill | October 30, 2009 at 01:16 PM
Hi Lucy,
I've been reading en enjoying your blog since a few months. I LOVE IT!!
And I'd like to thank you because you learned me how to crochet! And now I am addicted.. I am very busy making a hexagonblanket. And now I've got a question: can you tell me please how to make an edge?I know you're very busy but maybe one day?
When I finish my hexagon I will sent you a photo!
I wish you all the best. Have a nice day and good luck with making a cosy "nestje" for your little baby!
Posted by: Suus | October 30, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Glorious photos of Autumn Lucy, would love to see and experience your seasons. We only have hot, very hot, not so hot and cool for our seasons here in the land down under!
Posted by: Helen | October 30, 2009 at 12:44 PM
well, I'd like to be in the park with you, really. I miss that colour, the red leafs the green the grey of the sky. I've been in London time ago for 2 years - and I forgot all my english!! - I'm full of pictures to remember it but I hope to come back there ones, I have all your shops to visit, now...
Posted by: Aggy | October 30, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Lucy, I heart you. Thanks a million times over for starting this blog. Many times I have read one of your posts and been reminded of what is truly important in life, and how important it is to take some time just to enjoy the little things that are, indeed, actually the big things.
Posted by: Jen | October 30, 2009 at 12:32 PM