~dark & gloomy~

today is dark and gloomy, very autumnal rather than wintery as i expect it to be.
although according to the weather report a cold blast will hit us at the end of the week.

yesterday was a lovely day for a walk in the morning, misty with dew looking almost like a layer of frost  and i just love the way the mist layers the tree's...













the white spots here are where a pony has been and shed some of its soft white fur...


as i sit it is getting darker and the birds have now stopped visiting the feeders which hang in the tree opposite my window.


i have been working with my druid plant oracle this week~just going through the book that came with the cards to refresh my memory a little.
they are lovely cards and i find myself feleing very connected to them~more than with other card decks i own.


i have also been reading

desperate romantics: private lives of the pre-raphaelites

which prompted a call to my artist dad this morning to discuss the pre-raphaelites.

now, as darkness falls its time to work on some crochet...