Rainbow leaves!
Ah, wonderful bounty!
We are still deciding what to do with these. Maybe some passata to store for later on in the year.
These beauties came from my friend Sarah’s super-abundant apple trees in her back garden. We really don’t need to be eating any more desserts at the moment so I searched through my beloved Nigella and found an interesting Spiced Apple Chutney recipe and gave it a go, using one of our chillies.
I love the subtitle to this book. “Baking and the art of comfort cooking.” Yes please- I’ll have me some of that!
I’m not really a chutney-making kinda girl. But recently I have been finding it all too hard to resist, and I must admit, it’s lots of fun. It’s probably just because I like the look of the cute jam-jars all lined up!
While we were bouncing we found a huge pile of sycamore seeds had landed on it (which is a great thing because we don’t want any more sycamore saplings growing in the lawn!) I tried to demonstrate the helicopter trick, but it wasn’t quite as impressive as I remember from my own childhood.
Looking forward to the temperature dropping by another 10 degrees or so and coveting a fireplace in time for Christmas!
RedTedArt says
Wow! What a busy autumn post! So many lovely different things! ADORE that photo!
Love your craftiness too! We love sticking too and this is a great project – easy for the little ones to do and very effective!
Than you for linking up to Kids Get Crafty! Much appreciated!
Maggy
SarahElisabeth says
Autumn is such a fun season. Your pictures remind me of some of the Shirley Hughes stories and poems about autumn.
Like the sycamore idea-must try that. We enjoy your ideas and copy a fair few!
Anna says
Ooo in which of her books has she written poems about Autumn? I absolutely love Shirley Hughes. Completely. We have the “Alfie Out of Doors” book and that has some lovely poems about the moon and the seaside. I was also remembering Brambly Hedge stories today and I’m sure there is one of those about Autumn too. Thanks! I am off to investigate 🙂
Anna says
Thanks Maggy! I wil link up again next week (if I have anything to post!)
SarahElisabeth says
“Out and about” has seasonal poems. You are welcome to look at our copy. What really reminded me about Shirley Hughes, though, was a book I read to the little ones last night called “When we went to the park”-really a counting book but has a great scrunchy leaves picture.
cathy @ NurtureStore says
What a great post – I love your tree craft and your photos are fab. Thank you so much for linking up with the Play Academy. Hope to see you this Friday too – Cathy x
Juliet Robertson says
Greetings from Scotland
Thanks for such a lovely post. I’m a little addicted to collecting seeds of all shapes and sizes for adding to artwork and small world play indoors and out. Some like, angelica have smelly seeds (similar aniseed) which are extremely interesting.
Best wishes
Juliet
PS Have a look at my listmania if you are looking for books with outdoor themes: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A1303Z2LUJUE84/ref=cm_pdp_lm_all