It's been such a dull, grey day here that the photos are not very good at all, the mirrors are much more colourful and sparkly in real life!
Earlier in October I took the photos for the following mosaic...
... so October is still a very colourful month. Not sure what I'll manage to find in November, won't be long now!
... look, it's a sunflower!
I hadn't actually realised (honest!) but we seem to have had a lot of rain recently. The water levels are very high as you can see.
We go for a walk in the woods at the bird sanctuary just a little bit further along the cycle path from our normal lochside stop.
The beech leaves in particular are very colourful just now.
I liked the mossy green tree trunks here.
It's quite interesting to be on the other side of the loch from normal, looking back towards the village. It looks very overcast but it was actually quite a pleasant morning (no rain!)
We peek at these swans from one of the hides.
On the way back home along the cycle path geese were flying overhead. When I see the geese it always puts me in mind of one of my favourite poems "The Wild Geese" by Violet Jacob; it's often set to music like a folk song (you can hear it on the site I've linked to) and it reminds me of Angus which is the lovely but not particularly well known part of Scotland I grew up in.
We manage to make use of some of the carrot harvest at tea time. Hubby is very pleased with his carrots!
Whilst traipsing up the garden to collect a few carrots (they're still lying out on the bench even now) I notice the beautiful pink clouds as the sun sets on another day.
I head out the village up the big hill. I was hoping the trees at the top would have turned copper but they're still lovely and green - let's not be too keen for them to change, they'll soon be bare for long enough! Lots of squirrels are crashing about in the branches and many leaves are tumbling to the ground.
A farm sign to add to my collection. I like the little red cap on the post and the telegraph poles behind.
Just after this point I turn right up a little road I've not been along for a while.
And another lovely sign, I like the ones with farm animals.
I park the bike and head into the woods to visit the little loch.
When I come back out the woods I end up chatting to a passing walker, you can see him disappearing down the road in the photo above. He's full of news about the locals and we gossip for quite a while. Apparently, just around the corner lives a vietnamese pot bellied pig owned by an airplane flying doctor, I do later see the pig (but not the doctor!)
Just as I pass this lovely dovecote it starts to rain heavily. I decide on a change of route and head home.
A yummy slice of choclate cake made yesterday afternoon rewards me after my shower.
I'm first to arrive for setting up so I bag the display area next to the wine! Tablecloth out first, then I arrange my wares...
...ahhh, lovely glassy beady baubles! I made the jewellery pieces about two years ago and went a bit daft at the time buying up beads! Last night I cut my prices and did manage to sell quite a few items.
Both beaded watches are now sold as are half the pendants and a few of the bracelets.
Most of the earrings have also gone. I've still a lot of beaded necklaces and sets left though and no takers for any of the suncatchers.
However, I sell my newest mirror, the one with the fern design...
...and I'm asked to keep by the birdie mirror.
... these blobby glass fridge magnets.
This one's my favourite, so I've kept it! It's jazzing up my fridge right now and looks rather nice even if I say so myself.
It's useful to have cheaper items to attract browsers who aren't really interested in investing in one of my mirrors.
The photo above is an old one of a bundle of bracelets. I don't have any recent photos of my jewellery but I will take a photo of my table display at the craft fair before they're all sold (haha!) to put in my next post. I'm not planning on making any new jewellery items to sell as my main focus is my leadwork.
The event is within walking distance and involves wine and cheese so I only want to take what I can carry! It's a fundraising event for A's nursery and to be honest the wine is usually more popular than the stalls so it's not worth the effort taking all my mirror stock along.
...it's a new design. I'll see if it's popular before I'll make any more.
... the robin is one of my favourite design motifs, regardless of the time of year.
A light frost dusts the fields.
Sunrise.
Funky farm sign.
Looking back at the Clochoderick Stone just before the crossroads where I turn right...
...past gorgeous scarlet berries...
...frosty leaves at my feet where I stop to take a photo.
There was a little robin bobbing about here, his red breast matching the ball topping the gate post. Sadly he didn't linger for a photo.
I like this knoll of trees silhouetted against the morning sun.
Colourful farm building roofs.
I'm heading up to the country park we visited with the car last week.
The glen is full of gorgeous glowing autumn colours.
The air is very still. I leave the bike at the visitor centre and walk up to the top of...
... Windy Hill. This week it's not windy at all. This is the cairn at the top.
The view to the other side.
Then back down through the woods.
This fabulous horse chestnut is just beside the visitor centre. As it's such a beautiful day (and there probably won't be many more of them this year!) I decide to get back on the bike and head 3 miles further up the glen on rough track to the old mine.
There's not actually that much to see, this is the view looking back down the track from the old mine. It wouldn't be a particulary exciting walk. You do feel that you are quite in the middle of nowhere though.
Ignoring the healthy banana I've been carting about in my bar bag I buy a double decker at the visitor centre for breakfast then head off back home.
I really enjoy the gentle downhill cycle along the beautiful autumn roads.
The sound of roaring water attracts my attention as I approach the next village. I didn't know this waterfall was here - another new discovery!
