I Love Autumn!

Hi There,
I hope this week is treating you all well.
Last week my little boys were ill with sickness and colds, and now I have such a horrible cold. I hate being all snotty! HaHa!
I still haven't got around to making the mini me journal with Bonnie's class, I thought I'd be able to get on with it this weekend, but Hubby was away, and I painted our downstairs loo,its always been such a dingy, dull smelly little room, with vintage 1950's tiles, that I quite like. the walls above were painted lilac, but it was such a dirty, dull lilac it looked gray, so I painted it in 'Cream Lace' paint. and I bought some vinyl floor for the nasty old tiles there, but I need Hubby's help with that. But it looks so fresh and bright in there now, and whilst drifting off to sleep a few nights ago, I suddenly remembered that I have some fabric remenant I bought, of a green toile pattern on a white background. I dug it out the next day, and would you believe it, its the exact same colour green as the tiles in there! yay! love it when that happens!! so I will set to making a little roman blind for the diddy little window, as soon as my head stops thudding and feeling like its stuffed with cotton wool.
Anyway, I do have some photo's to share with you.
At the weekend, I took the kids to the woods, we seem to go to these particular woods every autumn! But I had never seen the fabulous toadstools and mushrooms there before.
My step-daughter always thought that those toadstools that had red tops were 'only in fairy tales' she didn't know there were real ones! haha! (no amount of hair dye will ever stop her from being a typical 'blonde'!!!!)

Aren't they great?!

Are they Toadstools or Mushrooms??

I've been using a cheap little camera that I am starting to hate, I miss my SLR so much.

I have a couple more of the woods too, it was so beautiful, with the sun shining through the trees, those beautiful sunrays glimmering through the leaves, everywhere was golden and peaceful, such beautiful serene colours and my stupid camera didn't capture it half as good as it looked, so disappointing! But with a little help of some photo editing I managed to add a bit of warmth, but it still feels like cheating!! haha!

I felt so refreshed and at peace when I walked through here, I just felt an inner happiness or contentment.
I think this is one of my happiest places to be, give me a forest, especially one with a river and I am in my happy place!!

that's my son on his bike hurtling down the hill. I love those big beech trees and the oaks and chesnuts. Some of them really are so ancient, hundreds of years old.

I actually should also share with you some pix of when we went to the Lake District the weekend before last. Its one of my most favorite places in the world, # 1 place in England for me anyway. I totally understand why Beatrix Potter moved there and she felt her most at home there. (my sister says the same thing) but again the little camera doesn't do it justice or capture its full beauty. 

We went camping there and went on Ullswater Lake to kayak. On our last morning we went for a walk in the woods adjacent to the campsite along the river. It was just so beautiful, the colours of the trees and the cool,crisp, truelly fresh sweet air, was just 'heaven' to me. 

Here are a few 'snaps'well just my two favorites, to see the rest, pop on over to my Flickr page, (click on the link on the sidebar.)

I just wish my camera had captured all its beauty and colour.

Anyway, I hope you have enjoyed my Autumn photo's. I'm currently browsing on Ebay to get a new camera lens, as I've found that is what is broken, so soon I shall have my beloved camera back!

Til Next Time Xx