Bringing Colour into Winter

Do you know the Flower Fairy books

by Cicely Mary Barker?

I opened the page on the Primrose Fairy.

Isn't she lovely?

There's a poem to match each fairy too!

I really appreciate the fact that we can find beautiful potted flowers

during these winter months.

I picked three of my primroses to put on the Primrose Fairy page!

Of course, we're getting light snowfalls here in town and it looks so pretty

when it settles on the trees and bushes and in the gardens.

I just love this garden gate. Don't you?

The red berries got a good covering of fluffy snow.

and the evergreens in the nearby park looked beautiful.

It's the perfect weather for Cheese Raclette!

It's a combination of small potatoes in their jackets

and a special kind of raclette cheese which is tasty and melts easily.

I used two types of cheese:

Bagnes and Alpages.

A nice crunchy carrot salad on the side and a turn of the pepper mill on the cheese.

You can read more about raclette when I did an evening cruise on the lake:

Raclette Cruise

More colour to bring into the home in the form of a beautiful bouquet of tulips.

They are still in bud and will bring me great joy as they open up.

I chose this photo for my new blog header. The frame is bright and cheerful

to bring you some happy colour in these winter months!

There's always something on my crochet hook.

I'm going to make a garland with these hearts and I'll be posting the finished decoration

in a future blog post.

This lovely pattern comes is called Sunburst Granny Hearts and comes from

Bunny Mummy

Balmy October Days

Autumn Camellia

This first half of the month of October

is giving us beautiful clear skies and deliciously warm temperatures,

anything between 19 and 24 Celsius.

Vibrant Dahlia

I've been going out for lots of walks,

especially down by the lake and in the country.

The hibiscus down by the lake were in full, glorious bloom.

Taken in Montreux.

Perfection

This bud is still wet from watering.

An American Oak leaf

well and truly caught in the spikes of a bush below the tree.

Fallen from this beautiful Oak Tree where the colours are starting to turn.

Deep blue skies and colourful branches.

This one was taken in my neighbourhood.

I love this garden gate with the geranium flowers coming out to greet the next visitor.

They seem to say: "Welcome, we're expecting you!"

I do my weekly marketing downtown on Saturdays

and this is the latest bouquet I brought home with me. 

I do love the mixture of fresh colours.

I hope that you are also having a beautiful month of October

with generous sunshine and clear autumn skies.