Autumn Snaps :: November 2022

♥ Early November brought the first frosts and our seven o'clock morning walks were suddenly very chilly. Such a beautiful and invigorating way to start the day though, I love the energy it gives me.

♥ Continuing to walk around my lovely little rural home town, observing the beauty of the changing seasons.

♥ Even on damp, dull days the autumn colours cheered my spirits and I took so much pleasure from being out underneath the trees.

♥ Most weekday mornings I head out by myself for an hour or so, mostly to pick up groceries or run errands around the town.  I realised just the other day that this has kind of taken over from the school run that used to be such a big part of my routine, and the thought of that made me smile. 

♥ Two weeks ago we celebrated a whole fifteen years living here at number twenty four. This house, in this friendly town with this remarkable hill view fill me with gratitude every single day. I'm so glad we live here!

♥ Ahh, a random photo of a leaf, of course. This is the exact kind of thing that literally stops me dead in my tracks as I'm walking up the street. The colours in nature fill my brain to bursting, it's no wonder I can't remember stuff - there's just no room for information in amongst the leaves.

♥ November is a month full of cosy. The rapidly shortening days and cold, snappy weather makes me appreciate the comforts of being indoors, covered in the all the yarn. Socks, mitts and blankets, layers and layers of warmth.

♥ Waking up and realising it's Friday - allllllll the happy feels. I get to jaunt down the hill to the café to spend three delicious hours drinking coffee, hooking up something colourful and chatting with my very good friends. I bloomin' love Fridays.

♥ The joy of sharing a love of yarn and colour with my tribe. Sitting opposite my talented friend who's been knitting a circular blanket in the most glorious shades of Autumn. My Fireside cushion really looked good with her blanket, such a photogenic pair.

♥ Haha - mid November, and I was still hanging onto the last remains of summer, I just couldn't seem to let it go completely. The little wood and wire sculpture is a recent purchase from one of my favourite makers Helen of Thimbleville. I love the simple words because they remind me to stay positive on days when it feels like a struggle.

♥ Cheap and cheerful autumn flowers on my table, bringing colour into the room for almost three whole weeks. 

♥ November has long been the month of the indoor hyacinths, ever since I first moved here and found them in the supermarket in November 2008. I've had them in the house every single year since and look forward to them very, very, very much.

♥ Here's an observation though - they really don't seem to smell any more? The scent of hyacinths would easily fill the room once upon a time, but in recent years, not so much. They are still the most beautiful things to observe though - there are six days between the two photos above, don't they grow fast?

♥ A weekend family walk at Bolton Abbey, taking advantage of some unexpected afternoon sunshine.

♥ The low sun was blindingly bright at times, but I couldn't get enough of it. Sometimes I just stand still and face the sun with my eyes closed - J says I'm solar powered and need to recharge my panels. I think he might be right.

♥ Gorgeous, gorgeous light as we drove home over the moors - it's just after 3pm in the above photo. The long, tall shadows are me and Little Lady prancing about while the boys sat patiently in the car waiting for us to finish.

♥ Cosy crochet by candlelight - very, very Novemberish I'd say.

♥ The first mice pie of the season, such a perfect little afternoon sweet treat. I adore these little mini ones that you can buy from the supermarkets and much prefer them to the big filled ones.

♥ November is generally waaaaay too early for me to think about anything Christmassy, but it's hard to avoid as little signs creep in everywhere you look. I can cope with the odd bauble here and there, and maybe some extra twinkly lights about the place.

♥ All in all, November was a good month, really good actually. Ohh....yes! There was also this.....

....a few days spent by the sea which was absolutely, wonderfully restorative and energising. I'll show you some more photos in  my next post xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[kevin]

Create your free Betonline login account & get access to Betonline large supply of betting & gambling options. Get started by login to Accnt.
https://betonlime-logi.com/

[kevin]

Create your free Betus login account & get access to Betus Is a large supply of betting & gambling options. Get started by login to Account.
https://betuslogi.com/

[weaving machine]

weaving machine, also known as cotton looms, cloth weaving loom, the earliest loom was the squat loom (called the waist loom) that sat on the ground.SUNTECH is a worldwide enterprise of making and developing advanced weaving machine.

[Carine]

Hi Lucy,

Thank you for all your lovely stories and beautiful pictures. They warm one’s heart 😊.

Wishing you and your loved ones a wonderful Christmas and a happy 2023.

Warm greetings from the Vulkan Eifel,
Carine

[Alison]

Hi, Lucy - Merry Christmas. Just wanted to share this recipe for easy lemon loaf; it's really out of this world good. You'll have to convert to English measurements though: https://aprettylifeinthesuburbs.com/easy-lemon-loaf/

[Bonnie Kramer]

Always lovely photos. Can you share or direct us to your friend’s knitted circular blanket? I’d love to try that. Make one in crochet and one knitted. Perfect winter project. Merriest Christmas wishes to you and yours.

[Pat]

Lovely pics. And thanks for the laugh! Mice Pies! instead of Mince Pies. :-)
Currently working on the Neat Ripple pattern using three colours for a single bed blanket.
All my previous Ripple blankets have had problems as my tension is diffiuclt... :-( Even with doing test swatches.
This time I did a Foundation Treble row instead of chain and then the crocheting.
Result: blanket is the correct width!!! Yah!
Yarn was gifted to me, so not my choice of colours. Red, green and white.
Took me a couple of days of struggling over how to stripe it without looking too Christmassy. Decided on using the colours the same order all the way through, but the number of rows varies every second row. Four rows, then 3 rows, then 4 rows.
Almost finished the first 3 X 200gm balls of wool and the slight variation in the row numbers is looking very good.

[gwen]

love your photos of fall and early winter effects .
your work also lovely your choise of colour is amazing you have really talent :) I hope my english is not so bad

[Beryl Alexander]

Can’t believe I actually got to meet you today Lucy and visit your beautiful town! We’re visiting family in Grassington for Christmas, all the way from sunny South Africa. Loving the wintery Yorkshire landscape, it’s so beautiful.

[Janice]

We visited the Yorkshire Dales in November for the first time and had such a wonderful holiday exploring the area. Your blog gave me inspiration for places to walk and visit. We enjoyed a wander through castle woods, visiting Skipton, walking by the river and crossing the Hebden Suspension bridge, and delicious coffee and cake at The Old School Tea Room. I spent the evenings crocheting my Seashell blanket in Dahlia colours. Thank you Lucy.

[Leslie Clingan]

This post makes me happy and warms my heart. Just the colors in your photos alone are so lovely and heartwarming. But I love reading about your sweet moments in life. And to think you wound up this delightful month with a few days at the beach. Just wow!!

[Femke]

Lovely photos, thank you for sharing! I love that you always have hyacinths in November. I always buy them in January, when the Christmas stuff is put away again. They remind me of the start of a fresh new year, with its new promises and expectations

[Esther]

Thank you for updating us!
Love it.

[Angela]

How beautiful Lucy! You do live in a lovely part of the world and it looks as though you have everything you need on your doorstep! Except maybe a coastline hehe 😀 Thank you for sharing your lovely pics of November 😊x

[Joanna]

Funnily enough, I just caught the first whiff of my hyacinths and had a huge wave of nostalgia roll over me. You're right, I don't think they smell as much either.

[Elizabeth]

Looking at the beautiful photos you snap of your hometown, and the woods, and the canal, and Bolton Abbey, just swells my heart and fills me with joy. It is so very pretty. And I need beauty like others need air. I love the great big gulp of it I get from your posts. Thank you!

[Susan]

Another lovely post & I'm trying to pick some favourite snaps from the above & love them all. Hope we see those hyacinths out & the deer sporting his red nose now is way cute. J just might be right about some of us being solar powered, but I do suffer from SAD so sunlight is definitely what I need. Pouring down here now & only 8deg & it is supposed to be summer? We even thought about lighting the woodburner last night. Thanks for sharing, take care & hugs.

[Kay]

Friday meet ups with the tribe for crochet, chatting, and cake sounds glorious. I think we all need those moments in our lives. I love the autumn coloured cushion. X

[CJ]

Your head full of leaves and colours made me laugh, I know exactly what you mean. I am obsessed with fiery leaves against a dark slate sky, especially the red ones, stunning. I have to stop every time I see them and the light is just right. I do that face to the sun thing as well. Even on a busy day, if the sun is out I go and sit on the back step just for a moment and close my eyes and sit in the light and soak it up. CJ xx

[Kristine S]

❤️🥰🤭 DEFINITELY solar powered, AND you give back to the grid❣️ Thanks for those lovely word & picture images, as always 🤗

[Aly W]

Beautiful pictures, I love Autumn: my birthday, Halloween, Bonfire Night and the approach of Christmas- wonderful 😍

[Janis]

U are so amazing and talented 💖 love your posts I try to imagine England I live in Minnesota land of 10,000 lakes

[Su]

I have always said that I am solar powered! I just feel so energised, euphoric almost in sunshine.

[Billie Jo]

My goodness. I could pick up and move there tomorrow! What an absolutely lovely place to call home. I love your cozy photo with the fire. Thank you for sharing your world! Have a cozy evening from chilly Pennsylvania, USA.