and repeat

Carrie Rose is coming along well

 I just have the flowers to stitch along the bottom

Then it's a case of waiting for the last part in November

 Last weekend in the park, Sam and I picked up acorns

some we put on the bird table, 

because Sam told me squirrels love to eat them

and a few I have here, who knows, they might grow

 I have not done my garden pots yet,

I've got a late showing of colour

these with some winter pansies will be sorted soon

 Rather than leave my raised veg bed empty,

I have these to see how they get on. 

 The Alpine garden in the sunshine

the rain cover has helped keep it dry

and produced loads of growth. 

Something munched through the leaves on my raspberry plants, so I have cut them back, so a very poor crop this year. I am hoping to purchase another blue berry bush, one was not enough. The garden is looking scruffy at the moment, but I am allowing all the late colour to bloom, soon it will be time to cut it all back.
It's been an off week for me, I have had a bit of a tummy bug, not full on but enough to affect my days. On the plus side, I have removed the extra pounds from our  holiday. I am planning October as a month of change, we all see Stoptober on the TV, I don't smoke (never have), but in October I am stopping drinking, I only have 2 or 3 glasses per week, and I am watching what I eat, no snacks. I am also increasing my walking, I lost my pedimeter UP on holiday and have just got a Jawbone, they measure your exercise and sleep. So loads of changes for me.
At work we were told our department will stay until March of next year, but the thoughts are it will stay longer than that, so I am not thinking about anything until after Christmas.
We had to travel to Somerset on Thursday, another funeral, my younger brother died in early September, it was a shock to everyone, I not able to put into words how I feel, it's all just so sad.