Looming school holidays and a huge to-do list mean that this month’s reading update is going to be a quick one. Conveniently, the size of September’s reading pile – in common with this week’s blogging window – was small, due in part to my marathon reading efforts in finishing War and Peace and Les Miserables…
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October. Crikey, how did that happen again already? The older I get the quicker the passing seasons seem to turn. That said, I love the passage into Autumn, with its falling leaves and abundance of cosiness and colour. The darker evenings have already seen us cracking open the family board games and playing cards while…
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How can it be that we’ve entered another season already? It only seems a blink since we were gearing up for the holidays and making all sorts of exciting summer plans. Fast forward to now, and we’re knee deep in routine and tentatively fingering the one hour boost button on the central heating. There’s been…
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It seems like forever since I shared my last little loves update on here. September was such a busy month, with lots of Autumnal adventure, and also plenty going on at home. I’ve been beavering away on the second draft of my novel and trying to stick to my weekday target of 500 words daily. Over…
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Anne of Green Gables once said: I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. I’m with you, Anne, I am. Autumn has to be one of my favourite of all the seasons (I know, I always say that – I’m fickle). But crunchy leaves, abundant colour, the seasonal harvest – what’s not to…
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Welcome to the September edition of Life Within Four Corners, where I share some of my favourite photos, and the stories that went along with them, from the previous month. True to form, I’m running late again, and I do have to question my judgement for deciding to run regular posts during invariably busy spells! So although we’re already…
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Autumn is probably my favourite of all the seasons. No doubt I also say this at the onset of Spring, Summer and Winter, but there is something pretty special about this period of burnt orange and gold, with its promise of falling leaves, chunky sweaters and spiced pumpkin lattes. As L.M. Montgomery once wrote; ‘I’m…
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