Autumn thoughts

It's been a good summer, but now Autumn has truly set in. Kitty is back at school, Ira is booked in for a few taster sessions at nursery and I have turned to thinking about my inevitable return to work in the New Year.

Cheap carrot man

As part of my penny pinching efforts I bought a bargain bag of 'all shapes and sizes' carrots rather than the nice organic ones I normally get. Kitty thought they were great and couldn't wait to make a carrot man out of the one she found with legs.

Lemonheads

I LOVE lemons. I can eat them like oranges. Kitty has inherited this taste and it would seem that Ira has too. She sat happily scraping her little teeth on the zest of a fresh unwaxed lemon almost all of the way around the supermarket. That was until we spotted the book 'Little Bubba' - an essential purchase.

Library etiquette

These signs in the library made me chuckle.
Ira hasn't quite got to grips with library etiquette and while I was choosing my books she proceeded to do some of the loudest public trumping to date. Luckily, the other library patrons seemed to find it pretty amusing.

More steam

It was Grandads birthday, so we went to Derbyshire and did another steam train trip. This time at the Midland Railway which runs past their house. Unfortunately, most of the track sits in a cutting so you don't get to see much. It's still nice though.




Layla was quite nervous.

 We got off at Swanwick Junction, to have a look around. Kitty loved the signal box.

And the playground of course.

 But her favourite bit was the miniature railways.

This place actually exists!

My favourite bit was having a rummage around the scrap land behind the station. In the shadow of the derelict Brittain Colliery, Kit and Layla ran and ran and ran.

There was loads of lovely architectural salvage, including what looked like an old tramway made by The Butterly Company where my Grandad worked.

 

I took a moody photo of a police helicopter that passed over.

Year 1

The summer holidays were over so quickly. A new school year and of course a new pair of shoes.
So far so good and Kitty is enjoying Year 1.

Last day....

  

Some of my favourite things in the Wood Working exhibition at the Platform Gallery, Clitheroe. I particularly like Nick Barberton's Ash Chevron Vee, but at £900 it couldn't come home with us.  

 Me and Ira read about the woodworkers while Kitty played in the children's area.

As the sun was out, we thought it would be rude to visit Clitheroe and not stop by at Edisford Bridge for a spot of paddling.

 The ducks were very friendly.

Despite what it looks like in these photos, the place was heaving with people making the very most of the last day of the summer holidays. School tomorrow.