AUTUMN.........

Playing...... "Find the ball"

Liquid Amber

A lovely autumn day very windy leaves blowing everywhere.

IT'S A HARD LIFE.........

But someone has to do it..........Sue one of the ladies from fit club asked if I fancied a trip to Thivers market and lunch out on Saturday, it took all of 2 seconds to think about it!! I have never been to the market there so off we went, we had a good look round but purchased nothing. Went for a coffee  then found the language school that I have been thinking of going to so now I know where it is, then it was decisions...decisions where to go for lunch we ended up in Brantome and had a smashing very french chomping session at a place I have never been, we had 5 courses and a coffee for 12 euros!!! It really is a hard life.

Rain.... lots of rain today the grass is soooo green should be able to start planting some bulbs with the ground getting softer.

DISAPPOINTMENT............

After visiting the Horse fair on Sunday I had a good idea of what I wanted but with winter approaching I am in no hurry to burden myself, when lo and behold an advert appeared......two ponies looking for new home they looked perfect a Shetland and  a bigger pony......two phone calls two e-mails and a promise they would get back to me NOTHING  It's not meant to be.

Mr Frosty knickers appeared this morning everywhere white and crisp but it ended up being a lovely day which spurred me on to tidy the garden.

French class started this month and I am deciding whether I should try elsewhere, we may have to move up a class because there is lack of beginners. This weeks lesson I was on my own and although it was full on and I didn't get chance to draw breath it was quite enjoyable with no pounding head at the end of it. It doesn't matter where I go if your thick..... your thick!!!!

PONIES.........

Had a trip to St Yreiex horse fair yesterday with Val, it was very chilly and we had a quick look round. Not very busy at all, there was the usual....Shetlands, donkeys, riding types a couple of real big heavy workers and tied up a few stalls away from everything else a grey stallion that was soooo pretty and looked in really good nick,

In fact apart from some longish feet and a Shetland that looked as though it had ringworm there was no horror stories.  We ambled to the back and watched some poor things being ridden and then we watched the funniest thing.....A couple with child in buggy, man leading a miniature Shetland went to the car (hatcback) popped child and buggy in the back moved some shopping around popped Shetland in off they went........Hope they didn't have far to go. My thoughts were I could get two of those in my car !!

LAZY DAYS........

Had a really lazy week.....Heaven!!!! The late summer sun is slowly saying goodbye and its getting cooler, we are in for some rain and I need to plant some bulbs but the ground is hard and dry.

The herons have been flying back over, they are the bearers of winter and the announcers of spring...............I dread to think what sort of winter we are going to have.

LAST OF THE SUMMER CIDER.........

We have had a busy old week...... Bob has officially reached his bus pass age which he reckons he is claiming as soon as!! Julie and Christian arrived so it was just a small family gathering, we had planned to go out for a meal Saturday night but in the afternoon we called on some friends with windfall apples for cider making and of course we had to sample last years vintage so when it suddenly became dusk and rather worse for wear we ended up having fish and chips and went out for Sunday Lunch instead.

The weather has been perfect and for once we didn't have anything pressing to get on with......not for long!!! We had a trip out to the nursery and bought some more trees and shrubs, Bob spied a weeping willow which he thinks would look great in our boggy bit at the front, but I am worried about the roots so we left it behind and bought 3 cypress totems, placed them down the drive and very nice they look.......back to the boggy bit, we are now having a ditch dug out down the middle to the bottom and a pond established so he can have his weeping willow.  Ivan called and cut all the rough grass and Bob cut back all the brambles and trees there is a natural bowl shape there and some banking on one side will need doing....Where did a pond come from!!!!

Molly soooo loves men

Everyone left late Sunday so I had two lots of goodbyes at the airport and the day felt like a mid winter day grey and wet