Getting Snug at Home

This is the time of the year when everything feels more transitional than usual.

November days alternate between blue skies and sunshine,

rain, wind and low stratus clouds making everything look dull.

I cut the last two flowers on my Gaillardia plant

and brought some colour inside.

This is the month when colour becomes incredibly important to me

I seek it out in everything I do

especially when I'm in the kitchen.

Preparing vegetables for lunch

Colour is so important in preparing a meal.

Many of the trees are already bare,

but a visit to the park on a sunny day

showed me these lovely beech leaves still glowing in a golden light.

Fallen leaves remind me to be accepting of the season.

They never fight the reality of what is happening to them and all around them.

The path to contentment is being willing to be in the moment,

just as it is,

for now.

The evenings are longer

and I love them to be able to create seasonal things 

like these crocheted snowflakes.

I have hung some up against the windows in my living-room.

No real snowflakes falling from the sky as yet,

but that could all change this weekend it seems.

I brought this cyclamen flower inside from my balcony

I love the simplicity of a single bloom in the tiny vase.

We have been having some beautiful sunsets.

I saw this one in my neighbourhood as soon as I got of the bus around 5 pm.

Look at the tiny crescent moon in the blue of the sky.

Pastel shades are a great favourite of mine too.

I stayed in this spot until the colours faded.

It will soon be December

and there will be fairy lights and music 

and candles too.

But for today, just enjoying this transitional period

shows me that everything is just as it should be. 

I hope you are enjoying the changing season too.