I have no idea how November came around so quickly, the days, months and years are going by faster than ever, must be an age thing because time never seemed to go this quickly when I was younger, It's scary when you stop and think about it.  I try to be busy every day and fit in things I love doing too.  

I haven't crossed stitched much at all this year but I did enjoy stitching this little pillow ornament.  It's an older Lizzie Kate design, I stitched it on 28 count blue evenweave with the recommended threads and used chenille for the trim.  I think it came out cute, It won't be staying with me so I hope the recipient likes it.

The crochet granny square blanket Is nearing completion, I finished putting all the squares together last week and it has now been passed on the other woman, (Chelsea), to work the boarder.  You may remember from my last post that we were both making this for someone who's blanket had been destroyed by a neighbours dog.  Hopefully the recipient will have his blanket very soon, I hope he likes it.

Yesterday we made the most of the dry weather to do the leaf collection and tidy the garden.  We filled our green bin, (the council green waste bin), toped up the open compost bin and filled our compost dalek bin AND made a leaf pile in a corner of the garden for any critters that might be around.  It took about three hours with the two of us working on it, you could clear from one section and five minutes later it was covered again, that's how fast they are falling at the moment.  Needless to say the garden today looks like we did nothing yesterday!

This morning's view after yesterday's leaf clearing

It's a thankless task but I'm not as fussy about leaf collecting and a tidy looking garden as I used to be, I've finally realised that It really doesn't matter In the great scheme of things.  I still like them collected up a few times a week, we would be knee deep if we didn't and the grass would be ruined, but It doesn't bother me as much as it used to.  

I took a few photos while we were out there, still some colour to be seen and the Autumn colours look lovely in the sunshine. 

Even the things that are dying back look pretty when the sun shines.

I'm glad we spent time outside yesterday, today has been wet and not very bright at all.

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