Strange Weather this Autumn

"What have I done now? Not me, totally innocent me! Nothing to do with me." And this time Billyboy's right, the weather is just plain freaky.

Rosehips are to be expected but what's that in the background?

A delightful rose, with more buds forming! By now flowering should be over and the roses losing their leaves


but they are putting on new shoots and growth where I tidied them up a couple of weeks ago.

My cosmos are still flowering their hearts out as well.

Mary of Tin Can Tart fame was also commenting on this strange weather on her blog. It's been warm again in the sun today, warm enough to sit out and read but it's beginning to turn I think. I had to have the heating on for the first time last week, we are on the way to how it should be I think. I'm hoping to get to the local Botanical Gardens this week and see the leaves turning.

I decided to update my blog look for the autumn and found this lovely background and header on Shabby blogs - see link in the top left. Still floral and birdy but more autumnal colours I thought. Just wish I knew how to use Photoshop properly as it took me over an hour to resize and write on the header - but I got there in the end :-)

Enjoy your autumn, whatever the weather!

Chloe Loves Crochet

Here's the photo of the wonderful crocheted cowl I got earlier in the week from my friend Anne of Nana Gogo blog fame and now she has a lovely Folksy shop called Chloe Loves Crochet (and Knitting). Anne is a great lady who I happened to be paired up with in a swap last year and we've kept in touch ever since. Her knitting and crochet is so so lovely, from cabled arm warmers, to hats with panache, to cushions to grace any home do pay her a visit and bookmark her for Christmas shopping! (Yes I mentioned the C word but hey, here I can, it's my blog, lol)

This cowl is just so snuggly and cosy, I love the pretty stitches that I couldn't do in a month of Sundays. The flower is a brooch so I can detach it and wear it separately from the cowl if I want to. The colour is Mermaid, what a great yarn colour name!

Just to illustrate what a sweetie she is she sent this great book of poems that she found in a charity shop and thought of me. Cat poems? Mmm, now who to send it to, lol!

Have a great weekend all. I'm hoping to get out in the garden for an autumnal tidy up. Speaking of autumn I nearly had a seasonal accident the other day. It was the first official day of autumn, the wind was blowing, there were horse chestnuts on the ground everywhere, I was bending down to collect them, bright brown and shiny how could I not, when a big conker fell and just missed my head. Oooo that would have hurt :)