Wonderful Wednesday #234

{that early morning golden light!}

Oh hello YOU.  How the devil do you do?!  How is it Now?!  Where have the past seven days even gone and HOW are we on the very brink of September no less?!  It could be one of my favourite months you know:  First berries:  Blackberries, Elderberries and Hawthorn to name but a few.  Dew on the grass, a nip in the air first and last thing and time to dig out my favourite tan chelsea boots to wear for the forseeable.  Yes it's the end of such a wonderful summer BUT there's something about a new month and especially September because no month has 'new start' written all over it quite like this one does.  I mean people can say what they want about January and 'New Year this, New Year that' but September is my fresh page for always!

Let's list shall we?!

1.  Losing track of the immaterial.  I cant believe where lately has gone.  I mean, i even more can't believe where lately has gone!  Maybe {probably!} it's those two brown ears and little brown legs that have made lately seem one great big whirlwind of emotions BUT i know that each day lately my heart has felt full and i've dropped into the deepest sleep each and every night as soon as my head has hit the pillow.  I haven't checked a 'New In' section on a website or spent money on anything that i or the puppy dog couldn't eat over the past few days and that feels sort of nice, you know!?  

2.  That golden glow.  Don't be surprised if that's not the last you read of that sentence on these here pages of the internet.  The temperatures have dropped 'some' degrees this week - i for one am enjoying the cooler nights and a much crisper breeze tickling my cheeks last thing at night and first thing on a morning BUT what was extra, extra lovely was Tuesday morning's walk to work.  I awoke at 6am to such a dark and dismally grey morning, and a little lurch in my tummy that only the loom of those dark Autumn mornings can bring and upon leaving the house an couple of hours later, was met with THE most golden glow and great big ball of orange in the sky.  It cast the prettiest autumnal glow on each and everything it touched as i walked to work and it filled my little heart right up!  

3.  Sauerkraut and gherkins.  Sandwiched in between torn up spinach, mustard, left over chicken breast and a little cherry tomato sliced.  All pressed in between a flat bread and gobbled down for lunch for at least the past five days.  Made up on the spot and a new all-time favourite!

4.  Compote dreamin'.  I neglected a handful of plums and now they're so over-ripe and soft that i daren't move them from the bowl on the windowsill that they're currently residing in.  It's okay though. Tonight is Tuesday night, and tomorrow is Wednesday and i'm off all day.  There is grand plans to make a spiced plum compote for stirring through creamy almond porridge and the thought of it alone is making me all kinds of hungry!

5.   Those sweet sleeps.  She's more of a micro-napper throughout the day that little Ness bear.  We do little plays mixed in with little sleeps and that suits us just fine until she's big enough to go out on a lead.  But come 9:30pm all she wants is to lie on her back, legs wide open and little paws crossed in her little bed in her crate and sleep, sleep sleep.  She's so sleepy on an evening that i often have to lift her back up the back step after going to the toilet before bed because she quite often falls up it!  But those star-shaped sleeps......we sit and watch her and just laugh so much!  Little chocolate bean you have our hearts well and truly!

6.   Hummus spread thickly on toasted dark rye bread and dunked in tomato soup with a handful of toasted seeds.  Easy-peasy and SO comforting!

7.   Hot chai tea before bed.  It's that time.  I bought a massive 'Smoked Vanilla' candle way back when and we light it most evenings after supper.  I have a hot shower, throw on my pyjamas and we make chai tea and dunk shortbread in it.  Maybe that's why i've been sleeping so soundly!

8.  Helen!  Last week i met Helen!  If you're a regular around these parts {or a #wonderfulwednesday writer!} you'll know the Helen from Roast Chicken and a Country Walk blog. She popped into work to say hi to me as she's up this way doing some work and it was SO lovely!  And a little surreal!  YAY TO THE INTERNET! And to #wonderfulwednsday s!

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And it's all tick, tick, ticked off for another week of listing the best bits!  Another seven days which have whooshed by within a blink!  I swear to goodness that the year actually gets faster and faster once January and February are beyond us, don't you think?!

Go hop, skip and jump right on over to  Jo, Helen, Michelle, Sarah, Kate, Cat, Sam, El , Kerri's, and Peta's and Ellie's to catch more #wonderfulwednesday joy!  And we'll catch up same time next week.....?!  

How does that sound!?