Slow food.. Sloe gin..

Autumn harvest.. Sloe gin.. 

Delicious on cosy winter evenings with wood burner lit, curtains closed tight and a good book. Perfect.

 We collected the sloes from the bushes along the riverbank in Penryn, a hop skip and a jump from where we live.. When the tide comes up they get a wash in the river Fal..

 This is the path we had to walk along to get the sloes.  

When the tide comes up the path disappears.. As will the sloe gin.

 And just look at the 'arks' that lie along the edge of the pathway..

 This was my favorite it looks like a children's toy from the V&A children's museum.. 

By for now must concentrate and get some work done today. But, blackberries are calling...

Fannie and Fox photo's from our Private View

Fannie & Fox welcome you to....

Autumn walk - Walton on the Naze..

Taking the view from the Naze Tower

 Autumn leaves on the beech

Getting colder, even the sea birds are shivering..

Wivenhoe West Mersea reflective mood

I find it amazing how very small changes in the weather and the atmosphere have an effect on me and how I look and feel about things.

This past few days I have had that wonderful autumn feeling, it starts in my toes of all places, I can feel the chill coming, its come a little earlier this year, but I feel that I should start to tidy up the garden and put it to bed for the winter.

This morning I saw my first robin his winter waistcoat not completely red, I think he must be one of this years babies.

I have already started making mustard piccalilli and chutney with the vegetables from the garden, next the blackberries and apples will be ready and I shall be making jams, Christmas cakes and puddings as well as apple stuper and a fabulous winter chutney.

I love this homely feeling , filling the larder with the summers bounty..... in my case its the cupboard under the stairs.

It has also put me in a reflective mood I have been looking at some work that I did last year I thought you might like to have a look at my pictures of the boat yard in Wivenhoe and the wreck at West Mersea.

Here are two versions of the wreck at West Mersea.

Version 1



Detail



Version 11

detail


On the edge of the River Colne - Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe view from the sailing club



In the sailing club yard Wivenhoe