Well, last weekend was kind to us weather-wise although autumn really feels like it’s arrived and we’ve definitely lost the summer warmth in the sun. The garden has produced lots to eat this year…

with some more still to come. We’ve had an enormous crop of plums but it has taken it’s toll on the tree – the weight of all that fruit along with the heavy rain and winds a few weeks back has snapped a main bough and after some heavy tree surgery the poor tree looks rather lopsided and sparse. I just hope that it survives as I love having it in our garden and the plums make fab jam…Toby has continued to settle nicely into the term time routine and things are beginning to feel relaxed again although I’m not sure that feeling will last long as during the next month we have to choose a senior school for Amy. There will be lots of umming and ahhing and visiting potential schools – I just hope we can get it right for her.

Still, for now autumn feels peaceful and productive and we’re enjoying making the most of being outside before the colder, wetter winter weather arrives.