November

How did we get here so quickly this year?

All saints' day already.

Trickers and treaters came and went.

I had a bowl of sweets ready at the door...it would have been sad if no children had come.

The gorgeous second grandgirl came in all her wonderful makeup...I can always depend on her for a hug...so treat not trick.

Then two little neighbours arrived and more treats distributed.

It helps that I put a pumpkin outside the door...and a candle burning in the window   to light us through the "thin time".

It's a time to remember relatives.

This beautiful embroidery design was drawn by Aunt Jeanie Williamson.

I had been sorting out "stuff" after the potter had finished decorating the bedroom.

I'm a collector.

There I've said it and it's in print.

but collectors are needed to keep a hold of history.

This is family history.

I never knew her. She died before I was born. She died of pleurisy at a time when it was a killer . No antibiotics

She was attending Belfast College of Art in the late 20s. At a time when women's art was very concerned with decor...the Bloomsberrys,...Sonia Delauney etc.

I'm in two minds as to whether or not I join the NaNoBloMo this year.

I've come back recently to blogger as I get a bit tired of the banality of FB and even Twitter. 

Still using Instagram as I find it a good way to put up some pics and poems for a quick look.

We are off to Suffolk for a few days. It's the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival and the potter has ceramics to take.

I'll see if I can find a moment for a little 

NaNoBloMo.