The Last Weeks of Summer

Summer is coming to an end here in the Lincolnshire Wolds, you can feel it in the air some days. Warm winds are gently blowing around the garden & leaves are slowly beginning to turn golden.
The wheat fields will very soon be harvested, a few more days of sun will turn the last few hints of green to yellow. The wheat ears sway in the breeze making a gentle sound as we walk over the fields.
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Summer days here have been filled with enjoying our garden, harvesting, family visiting us & days out with a picnic.

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Sweet little cheese biscuits for  tea using a wartime recipe.
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We took a trip down to Norfolk to view a pre war car & on the way back we stopped off at a National Trust property called Oxburgh Hall.

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The gardens were beautiful even in the English rain.

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A National Trust plant stall, they had a wonderful books shop too, the twins got some beautiful 1950's book's.

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The beautiful interior.

They had so many beautiful pieces of furniture.

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The girls looking at the moat around the hall.

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The beautiful dining room.

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The Library.

There were so many beautiful old books in here, I could have spent all day in this room.

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The wet vegetable gardens with lovely box hedging.

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Wonderful old potting shed & rhubarb forcer.

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We bought the car we went to look at.

Here she is just after being delivered with Andy, Dene & Ellie going for it's first drive.

She is a 1939 Wolseley 10, we plan to use her for shopping & trips locally after we have done a few bits to her.

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Lemon cake for tea.

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We went to a medieval village day at Tattershall Castle.

There were so many interesting things going on.

I love seeing candles being dipped.

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Preparing food.

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Cooking apple & raspberry pastries.

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Our last gooseberries harvested.

They made two crumbles, one went in the freezer for when Grandad visited, he does love Gooseberries.

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Andy's parent's visited from Scotland for five days.

Here they are on a beautiful walk past the farm pond & through the wheat fields.

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A beautiful summer's day.

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We saw this lovely family having a walk around the pond.

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Kitty looking towards the wheat fields.

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Glorious afternoon sunshine.

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We have never seen a lilac poppy before, the girls dresses matched.

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It was such a beautiful day, so peaceful & quiet.

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Kitty playing with a thistle head.

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The cottage garden has been giving us some beautiful blooms for inside.

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We had a beautiful day in Cambridge with Andy's parents & Dene & Ellie.

Dene & Ellie live quite near to Cambridge so we met them there.

The weather was beautiful.

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Punting on the river.

The old college buildings were beautiful.

This is Kings College, Andy's uncle studied here.

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Gazing in wonder.

There were so many beautiful shops, us girls treated ourselves at Cath Kidston.

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Historic streets.

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Beautiful bridges.

We had a lovely picnic on the green under the tree's.

It was such a special day spent with family, we were all tired when we arrived home.

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This is the first year we have grown onions, they are now drying in the sun.

We are so pleased with how they look, I hope they taste good too.

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Muffins made with our abundance of raspberries.

I treated myself to a new tablecloth & oven gloves while we were in Cambridge as mine had worn through .

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I hope everyone is enjoying the last few weeks of Summer.

It is a very busy time for us & this post has been a little late in coming.

I have started a Facebook page & an Instagram account too which I do update more often.

The buttons for these are at the top of the page.

Fondly Michelle

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The Twins Birthday & a Beautiful Sunday Walk

This has been a truly wonderful week at the cottage full of celebrations & special times visiting our neighbours.

I love this time of year when the twins were born, the earth is all bursting through in to new life.

Daffodils are all around the village, the January lambs are in the fields & the Spring lambs will be born in the next week.

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Dene & Ellie bought me this lovely plant.

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Primula's all ready for some simple table decorations on the adults table at the party.

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I made some cheese puffs for the party from Ruth Mott's Cookbook.

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They were such a simple thing to bake & tasted wonderful.

I am sure I will make these many times.

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A quick photo before the party started.

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Kitty's taking a peek in to the boy's party bags.

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Pass the Parcel.

We had a boys one & a girls one.

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Kitty showing such excitement over her prize in the parcel.

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Time for lunch.

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The Adults Table.

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It was wonderful that so many people came to celebrate the girls birthday.

There were so many of the villagers there with ages ranging from 91 to 5.

It was such a special day, one we will treasure.

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Kitty chose a butterfly.

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Mary was a princess.

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Daisy, Mary & Kitty.

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Harold one of our neighbours brought the girls these lovely fruit baskets.

He is a wonderful gentleman & was the oldest at the party.

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A beautiful Sunday afternoon walk.

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The weather was lovely last Sunday, the air so clear & warm.

After all the hard work the day before at the party is was wonderful to get outside & enjoy our countryside.

We heard what we thought were lambs from our garden, so we set of to see if we could find some.

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The sun was so warm, the girls are so happy in all that they do.

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Mother's with their lambs a couple of fields away from the cottage.

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Walking up to the stile on our way home.

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This is the field next to our garden, you can see the tall fir trees at the end of our garden.

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First blossom of the year.

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Finding shade under a tree full of blossom.

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Arriving home, the village is full of daffodils.

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Violets found under one of our apples trees while clearing the ground.

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On Thursday we had a special day spent with the girls & visiting a wonderful lady from our village in the afternoon. We also went to see the sheep being fed at the farm down the lane, in a few days they will be Mother's once more.

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They chose a simple cake with chocolate & smarties for their little birthday tea.

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Some of the pretty home made cards the girls received.

Ellie does beautiful cards & has a craft stall booked for next month.

She has just started a blog it is called The Endeavours of a Contented Homemaker 

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The end of another wonderful day, the sun setting at the end of the garden over the head stones.

My love for our cottage & garden just grows & grows & I feel so blessed to have finally found home.

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We are now starting a wonderful two weeks break from School & will spend a lot of time on the vegetable patch & in the greenhouse. Many hands make light work & we have many hands.

Thank you my dear readers for all your comments.

Fondly Michelle