Autumn and Lace

Three weeks ago my muse suddenly left me for 

a forced holiday!!!

(I think you may all be able to relate to this story!!!).

 

After a huge Autumnal electrical storm with heavy

driving rains and wind

my internet connection died a sudden death for

about 10 days forcing me to set up a new modem,

wireless connector and several other bits and pieces before

I could function in cyber space once again

and

following this episode of me running

here there and everywhere trying to purchase the necessary

items for the computer

came the most welcomed stay from a very special

friend of many many years (Rosemary) with her husband (Iain)

from Adelaide (a 3 day caravan trip)

which lasted short of another week.

Rosemary was barely 17 and I was 18 when my mother died

so she came to live with me and my father for a while

providing me with company and friendship

through a very sad time.

 

However, with my muse only just returning I can now share

just a little peek at what I have begun today

and 

will hopefully finish tomorrow

but at least I did manage to take some gorgeous images 

of our garden shedding her Spring and Summer

foliage in preparation for the Winter ahead.

 

 

 The best of the last remaining dahlias

 

but these Autumn leaves have special colors of their own

which are hard to reproduce

 

 

 I can barely pick up that straw broom to 

clear away this amazing carpet of fallen leaves  so

I leave them there as long as I can.

 

 

 Of course you might recognize these leaves

 

 as belonging to the Ornamental Grapevine

which brings so much beautiful shade

to our outdoor garden room

in the Summer months

 and

in the distance you can see the changing leaves

in varying stages of

a stand of Liquid Amber trees. 

 

 This is the time of year our Grevilleas put on their best display

too.

 

When friends like Rosemary come to stay they never come

empty handed and as they know the stuff I love

sharing is what we always do.

 

 

 

  

 She remembers this as being one of her daughter's

pillow cases as a baby - such beautifully embroidered silk with 

hand crocheted edging.

 

along with some sweet doilies and embroidered linen

 

 as well as some pieces of wedding lace fabric
which she purchased from a dressmaker
many years ago

 

 

and finally this dear little hand painted lavender sachet

created by herself filling it with the most heavenly

lavender which she grew herself.

 

 

 So just to prove to you that I have returned to creating 

here is a little snippet of what is to come.

 

 

It feels so good to be busy again now that my computer

is playing its role in it also once again!

Whatever did we do before 

computers became so

important to us!

Many of you are enjoying Spring at the moment

and I hope it is filling your days with many beautiful hours

of sunshine wherever you are.

Have a wonderful week and thank you to my new followers

and all of my readers who continue to visit and show

so much interest in what I create.

Many many thanks,

Suzy xox