Merry Midwinter

Sadly my modern home does not afford me the luxury of burning a Yule log but it does accommodate plenty of candles. A very simple wreath of ivy and lots of tealights are my acknowledgement of the season.

Yuletide blessings to all. 

I just love.....

....this time of year. I do. I really do.
Of course Spring and Summer have their own perfect moments but something about Autumn and Winter really fills my soul. The weather (some of it) and the celebrations, the dark nights....all have me in seventh heaven.

There's interesting home decorating using vegetables.

The are lots of opportunities to go stand in a crowd and watch legally purchased explosives.

However what seals the deal for me is the weather. I know it can be wet (which I agree is the pits) but it can also be fabuously foggy.

I have blogged before about being a fog aficionado. The picture above was taken one morning with clear blue skies, the moon still visible and the rising sun was burning off the fog. Then we have my other favourite sort....more of a pea souper.

The gateway to the bridleway I use. Mud and a yellow labrador don't mix.

I love the sight of the empty crop field with the stubby stalks remaining. Its a reminder that the harvest has been collected and Nature's thoughts turn to hibernation.

Familiar views are obliterated by thick fog. I confess I was childishly excited when I saw this weather.

In fog I feel as though my eyes are blurry as though I have woken up from a deep slumber. That hazy veil that shrouds everything,

This could go down as one of the most boring blog posts in history. I really hope not but what the hell.....as I get older I find myself apologising less and less for who I am. 

I love foggy days, dark days, rainy nights and all this time of year has to offer. While others are bemoaning the lack of sunlight I am breathing in the damp air and enjoying the turn of the seasons. 

On a misty morn

Now I love sunshine and summer just as much as the next girl but what makes my heart really sing is Autumn and Winter. I just love cosy, dark nights, frost, snow and especially fog. So yesterday morning I was pleased to see the delightful foggy-ness outside.
The Pups and I walked around to Granny and Grandads house so I decided to take the camera for the (litterally 5 minute) journey and snap as  went.

Berries on my Rowan tree (it keeps witches away ;)), Bejewelled with misty drops of water.

Its funny, all along the carefully trimmed hedges there is what looks like candy floss or cotton wood shredded on them. It is in actual fact wet cobwebs (thankfully no spiders.......I don't "do" insects") and I love the fact that most of the time I was completely oblivious to their presence.

He looks like a fun-guy. Geddit? I'll get me coat.........(have no idea what sort of fungi this is but it was like a golf umbrella for a garden fairy LOL)

Pup1 racing ahead in the distance (he's keen than one).

So keep the fog coming Mother Nature and while you're at it some frost and snow would be fabulous too. Oi! Stop moaning in the back, I've bought snow boots and ski jackets for the kids and they had better get used before they grow out of them......