It goes without saying that beautiful leaves are one of the best things about autumn. In recent years, I’ve noticed that no two years are the same. This year, there has been a lot of yellow. In other years, there have been more reds, and in others more…
One of the things that those of us who love autumn cherish most is the colours. October is a particularly colourful autumn month. Early September is really still late summer here, and by the end of November, most of the leaves are gone. October, sitting in the middle,…
I often find that when the weather starts to get colder, I feel more inclined to woolly crafts. If it’s something larger, like a blanket, of course it has the added benefit of keeping my legs warm at the same time! But even smaller projects appeal as well….
Making leaf rubbings, like the paintings of leaves that I wrote about in the last post, is another easy, low risk way to respond in a creative way to the beautiful colours of autumn. Here in England, the leaves are still coming off the trees and we’re not…
I like to think of leaves as autumn’s equivalent of springtime blossom. Like the blossom, it’s only for a few short weeks. And if the weather is bad and it’s very windy, it can be even less. There’s often a real desire to hold onto the leaves and…
Now that October’s here, I’ve got plans for making autumn themed things. Here where I live, autumn isn’t quite as beautiful as it is in other parts of the world, but we still get some lovely colours. It just tends to be individual trees, rather than everywhere you…