Blogtober 2021 :: Day 24

I've enjoyed a thoroughly lazy, relaxed morning in bed today which is a very rare treat indeed and my goodness, it was so, so good. I woke up and instinctively knew that I had nothing to actually get up for so allowed myself to slide right back into that delicious place that exists between dreamland and being awake. It's a lovely feeling to wake up to the day so slowly, and I treasure the times when it happens.

I eventually got up and made myself a frothy coffee to take back to bed - I've no idea what time it was, but the Little People were all still asleep so it was still reasonably early I think. J and I had talked about going for a morning walk but the weather was cloudy and grey with very low light levels so I felt uninspired to venture out. Instead I embraced the Sundayness and stayed in bed for the entire morning with a couple of forays downstairs to make more coffee. It was utter bliss. 

Shall I tell you what I did this morning while sat up in bed sipping coffee? I read my own blog, that's what. Do you think that's weird?? I started by re-reading back through my Blogtober posts, then every post after that until I got back as far as April and there was blossom and wild garlic. I wanted to try and get an impression of what it's like to be a reader of Attic24, to see what you see and to try and read as if I was on the outside. Ah, I confess to you that I do really enjoy my own writing. I like reading my own dialogue, hearing my inner voice chattering on and on about this and that, my daily comings and goings, observations and inspirations, seasonal commentary and the such like. It was a fun thing to do, like reading back through a diary when you've kind of forgotten what things you got up to earlier in the year. 

Something else I really enjoyed this morning was my Meadow Blanket - those soft, summery colours really did give me a heap load of feel good as I sat quietly in bed with my memories keeping my company. I'm not sure how the meadow blanket ended up on my bed in the first place (Big Blanket is on there too), but I slept with double blankety layers last night. My bed is certainly a cosy place to be and I thoroughly enjoyed my extended time spent there today.

Well I was all set to have a lazy pyjama day today, but in the early afternoon the weather brightened a little and all of a sudden I desperately wanted to be outside and not inside. I asked J if he wanted to walk with me but he was busy performing open heart surgery on an old computer and didn't feel like leaving it on the operating slab with all it's high tech innards hanging out. So I asked Little Lady, expecting her to say no (she's turned down many invitations to walk in the past few weeks, preferring to stay in bed). To my surprise she agreed and I tried my best to act cool and not squeal out loud with delight. You can bet that I did an awful lot of happy inward squealing though. 

It was a mild and breezy afternoon with a distinctly autumnal feeling in the air....

....perfect walking weather I'd say, warm enough to walk without a coat (just about) but it felt fresh and invigorating.

We walked familiar footpaths across fields...

...loving the open vistas and views of the surrounding hills. In the above photo, can you see the distinctive shape of the crag on the left hand side? This is the craggy moor top that rises above the reservoir and we climbed up there back in early September. 

Part of the walk we did today was along very quiet country lanes...

....and I thought they looked very picturesque in the soft autumn light.

It's just after 3pm at this point so the sun is already sinking quite low in the sky, making the shadows long and the leaves glow.

It really was very lovely out there today, and I really enjoyed chatting to Little Lady as we walked the fields and lanes. She seemed more light hearted somehow, and I am hugely relieved to be honest, it's not been an easy few months.

We're walking down a long, sloping residential street now and there are lots of large posh houses on both sides. There are very old, tall trees all along here too, and a delicious amount of leaves have already fallen to the ground. Oh, we had such a good time swooshing through them, kicking up great clouds of dried leaves in front of us as we walked. You are never too old to kick through piles of autumn leaves, it's good for the soul you know.

We're nearing the top of town now....

....and a lovely view of the church and the hill view beyond. I asked Little Lady if she wanted to head home or if she fancied a quick drink, and the drink was the option of choice.

I took her to Starbucks and treated her to her first Pumpkin Spice Latté of the season. It looked and sounded a weeny bit sickly to me but she was over the moon with it so who am I to judge? I stuck to a decaff cappuccino and it was OK, but not a patch on what I'm used to drinking at my favourite indie cafés. Still, it was all about my lovely Little Lady, and making sure she was as happy as could be.

And just like that the weekend is over, and another week commences - we're on half term now though, so I'm actually really looking forward to a different sort of a week with a totally different pace to it.

I'm off on my travels down south tomorrow, I'm travelling solo by train and am hoping that my time away will be restful. I did ask Little Lady if she wanted to come with me for a break away, but she's got her own plans with friends this week and actually seems quite excited for going out and about, so all's well.

I'm going to put together a little blog post right now ready to post for you tomorrow (I've already planned it and uploaded photos, I've just got to write the words now), and after that I'm going to try my very best to send you daily "Postcards from Dorset". I'm hoping I can do that using my tablet, and whatever internet I'm able to access down there - if you don't happen to see any posts appearing from Tuesday-Friday, then you will know that technology let me down. I'll do my best!

Thanks for reading and keeping me company, and all being well, Blogtober will continue from my old childhood bedroom three hundred miles south.......!

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Comments

[Charlotte]

A very restful day for you. Enjoy time with Little Lady while she still wants to go with you. They grow up too fast. Have a great break in Dorset.