Glimpes of Autumn at The Cottage.

I love this time of year, all the warm colours & a crisp feel to the air in the early morning's. I do love to walk into the garden early in the misty morning & just take in all the beauty that is around us. Our Old English Walnut tree has lost all it's leaves now & stand's tall in all it's bare beauty with squirrels running up & down it's branches. They are such fun to watch carrying on with their busy little lives.

 

A little rabbit hiding something in the ground.

Our garden is full of rabbits & squirrels this time of year hiding all the nuts from our tree's.

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Where I write.

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I love small old bibles & have them tucked away in the bureau.

The larger one on top of the bureau was sold in Horncastle our nearest small town & dates from 1838.

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Beautiful handwriting.

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Fresh wholemeal bread for tea just out of the oven.

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Gourds & wax corn sitting on Grandad's dresser.

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The mantle piece in the parlour with small touches of Autumn.

I found the little Georgian cup at an Antique shop in our small market town.

They have a big outside yard & a lot of items are 50p.

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This is the back of our garden with hazelnut tree & a small gate which leads to the side grave yard of the church.

It is such a pretty area with so much history.

There is a small pine spinney there were rooks nest.

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Our hydrangea's are late this year, I am watching them to see when they are ready for drying.

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The roses are still blooming, we have so many old varieties in our garden & I have planted some new one's. Oh I do love roses, the old one's smell so beautiful.

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We are overflowing with apples this year, this tree has done so well.

Luckily I have a small cook book with just apple recipes.

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I made a cinnamon apple pudding this week, it feels so good to use your own produce.

It is a simple recipe just sliced apples, sugar & cinnamon then topped with a sponge mixture which is 4 ozs self raising flour, 4 ozs of butter, 4 ozs of sugar & 2 eggs, a little milk if needed.

Bake for around 45 minutes at a medium heat.

We had this with custard as Kitty loves custard.

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Apple slices for tea.

I bought the little apple recipe book when we went to Woolsthorpe Manor last year which was Issac Newton's birthplace & home.

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Apple slices with a lemon glaze.

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I found some check fabric the other week the same as the other two curtains in the sitting room.

We had the fabric in our old house for the hall window so I had cut them in half when we moved to the cottage to make curtains for two windows.

I was so pleased to have found the same fabric & this week made curtains for the long window by the hearth. It gives that corner a much warmer feel.

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I finished reading all the Nella Last book's & found them truly wonderful, I got a kindred spirit feeling from them, in so many places in the book I felt we were so much alike.

My new book to read is The Garden Cottage Diaries 'My Year in the Eighteenth Century' which is full of wonderful photo's.

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The book is by Fiona J Houston.

For a full year she took herself back to the 1790's lifestyle of her rural ancestors.

She wore home made clothes, learned crafts, ate from her garden & cooked on a fire.

This book is full of history, folklore & practical tips.

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I am really enjoying this book, it has some simple recipes in it too.

When this book arrived Kitty could not put it down, she was fascinated with the photo's.

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Thank you dear friends for all your beautiful comments.

 

Fondly Michelle

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