Rain but something's are good.

 I don't know about you, but I'm fed up with all this rain and wind. When we popped into town at the weekend, we watched people from inside Costa trying to battle with their umbrellas and dashing through the deluge.

We got chatting to a couple sitting at a table adjacent to us, who had arrived for a caravan holiday that day.. Dh and I smiled because, when the weather is bad we always say..'At least we're not on holiday!' Poor people, they were meeting up with their family and young grand children for a weeks stay. I thought back to when I'd stayed with my young children, in Devon in dreadful weather and we survived!

We were caught in a shower when we went back to our car and although I was wearing my mac, it wasn't as long as my dress and I had to change out of it when we got home. 

In spite of the rain, which has greened up the grass, the garden still has some colour.

These Michaelmas Daisies do us proud every year and they've spread so filling a space beautifully.

And our grape vine has done well again, we'll be picking a bunch at a time in a week or two time. Last year we missed some and saw them end of October still on the vine and they were so sweet, so something to look forward to. We usually take a bunch to our Slimming World group for the Slimmer of the week!

And our tomatoes continue to ripen, and there's a lot of them still to come. We don't make chutney any more because we're always dieting, but I think this year we will, just  a couple of jars for 'C'. 

And we're going to make a cake too, not the usual fruit one but I've a very nice recipe for a boiled cake, with an apricot jam topping! Drooling just thinking about it!  What about you are you planning ahead for 'C?

Chrisxx