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29/9/2017

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Things have taken a distinctly autumnal turn around here lately. 

I think autumn might be my favourite season, but this year it's not been great so far. My nan died this week, we are still in limbo waiting for things to happen with our house, and altogether things are rather gloomy and unsatisfying. 

A look back through my photographs tells me we have been getting out and about though. 
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We spotted these flowers planted into old milk cartons on the side of a metal fence screening some building work. I've never seen this before, but how pretty! 

Last weekend we went to Bakewell, a little market town out in the peak district, where I tried to hold onto the end of summer with a last lolly ice. 
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We walked into town along the river, and I love to see the old houses lining the banks. 
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This bridge was built in the thirteenth century, and is still one of the main routes into the town. 
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We visit Bakewell quite a bit, so didn't feel the need to do anything particularly touristy. We wandered around the charity shops, bought some books in a second hand bookshop, and then had tea and a sandwich in the memorial gardens. 
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I think we feel a bit discombobulated at the minute. We're moving - but who knows when? A lot of our stuff is packed, so we don't have access to most of our books or any of my sewing stuff and even some of our clothes. But there's no point packing anything else at this stage as it might be months before anything else happens. 

I'm trying to be interested in the legal and practical process of buying and selling a house, neither of which I've done before. I'm also trying not to get too hung up on whether we end up in this particular house that we're trying to buy, because so many things could still go wrong. We'd hoped to be in by Christmas, and there's still time, but I'm not holding my breath.

Hey ho. There's nothing I can do at this stage other than wait, so I suppose that's what I'll have to do. In cafes, mostly, particularly now the weather is turning. Maybe I'll knit myself a new scarf to keep me occupied. 
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Maria
30/9/2017 06:36:10 pm

Hello! so sorry to hear about your nan passing away. Mine passed away years ago and I still miss talking to her at times.

Waiting for house stuff is also hard. We have moved and I was very happy to unpack boxes that had been packed away for ages, I missed them too.

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Jenni link
1/10/2017 08:39:37 am

Thanks Maria. People keep telling me I'll not even bother to unpack some boxes and they'll sit there for years but I'm really looking forward to seeing things again!

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Maria
1/10/2017 10:29:17 am

Well yes, there are plenty of unpacked boxes in the garage... but the books aren't there! It's one way of finding out what our priorities are :-)

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Lilypad
18/12/2017 07:20:29 pm

I'm just seeing this now, as I had a very busy autumn myself and got far behind on reading my emails. I'm so sorry to hear about your nan. Grandmothers are so important. I only knew one of mine but we were very close. She had an English mother so perhaps that's where my love of tea and other English things comes from! My condolences and a big hug from Seattle.

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