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We’ve been celebrating harvest festival over the last couple of weeks; at church and at home. While there is much uncertainty in our world, the rhythms of our seasons continue with a perfect mix of both change and predictability. (CS Lewis). The seeds we plant in spring time continue to ripen into fruit and vegetables by harvest. Freshly picked apples continue to taste delicious tangy, and apple cake is always gloriously comforting. As we light a candle we defy the darkness and we celebrate harvest we proclaim God’s goodness.

I’m making sure we have at least one fun outing every week this term, to make up for a year of restrictions! Last week we had two, the second being to Tyntesfield,a stunning National Trust property. Mr Gibbs bought it as a retreat place for his wife, a concept that tickled us…how life has changed! He also amassed his fortune from bird poo… collected and used as fertiliser. And they were a deeply religious family, with their very own chapel as evidence. (Though I think my rocking chair and candle are more cosy!).

I’ve been trying my hand at different ways of preserving our fruit and veg as well as hedgerow finds. I’ve dried chillis, tomatoes, blackberries, apples and plums. No mould yet…so I thought I’d try to stock up on herbs for the winter. And some nettles for nettle tea. @rosieclark176 has some other nettle ideas. Any other drying suggestions?

Sunday teatime is one of our family traditions. It’s a semi picnic affair, inside in winter and outside in summer. It’s also our weekly family prayer time; often disrupted and messy, but the point is that we do it.

A second shoe picture. This was taken a few weeks ago when the girls and I had a barefoot wander along the beach while one of the boys was at rugby.

Not exactly a beautiful Instagram picture, but these well used, steel capped boots bring a smile to my face and a warm glow to my mother’s heart. They belong to my two now adult sons. They are back at Uni and college now, but these are their working footwear.

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