Choosing a Jigsaw Puzzle

I can't do just any old jigsaw, I'm a bit fussy about the picture.

This is what I found at a car boot sale to have a go at during the autumn.

Looks good - although all that frothing sea might be a bit difficult. Hopefully it's complete as the box looks as new.

There were some other good puzzles on another car boot stall, a lady was looking through them and I hoped she would leave one for me but she bought 7!   7 x 1,000 jigsaws would take me a year.......at least. She was telling the people that she did 2 or 3 every week! Blimey. She must be up all night.

I'm not sure when I'll get started - it's another busy week.

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Sue

Charity Book Sale

This is where I went on Saturday.

 This is probably the 7th or 8th year ( maybe even more) I've been, but of course Col always drove and knew his way round Suffolk without even thinking about it, so I was chuffed to actually find the place as it's middle-of-nowhere and the sat-nav on my phone lost connection a few miles from home. Luckily I'd taken an OS map and knew which villages I needed to head for and only went wrong once............It would be easier if there weren't so many broken road signs.

All the books are 50p or £1and there is always a good crowd. Some grabbing everything that looked interesting and others like me picking and choosing.

This is what I bought.
Two by  Derek Tangye, whose books I didn't read when they were first published. A Barbara Pym book that I've not read. "Murder on Christmas Eve" is a book of short stories by modern authors.

The book about Type 2 Diabetes is for Col's brother who needs help to tackle this, so I thought I'd read and learn. "Meals for one" is a slimming world publication which might be have some ideas for me. "The Thrifty Forager" is a book I've owned (second hand of course) in the past and it went to Ziffit, which I then regretted  so for 50p I now own it again (and as it's worth over £2 on Ziffit it might well go off again!!) The bottom book is something I had never come across before, it's about the bits of Suffolk owned by The Suffolk Wildlife Trust with lovely photos.

3 books for the grandchildren including one for the advent collection.

 I paid £5 for the lot. Treated myself to coffee and a cake and headed off home - without taking any wrong turns.

The next big charity book sale is much further away, right down near Colchester - main road all the way. Hope I'm brave enough.

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Sue

October Days

 Love this October page from "An Illustrated Country Year" by Celia Lewis.


 October was originally the eighth month of the Roman calendar. The Anglo Saxons called it Wynmonath - the wine making month or Winterfylleth meaning the full moon heralding winter.

In the past villagers relied on pannage - the law allowing them access to the woods for their pig - to enable it to fatten on acorns and beech mast before it was killed at the end of the month.

A good October and a good blast

Will blow the hog his acorn and mast.

Weather lore this month is mostly predictions of the prospects for the coming winter.

Much rain in October, much wind in December

For every fog in October there will be a snowfall in winter 

Warm October, cold February.

A full moon without frost in October and there will be no frost until the full moon in November

St. Luke's Day on October 18th has it's own weather lore -"St Luke's little summer" referring to a spell of fine, sunny weather around this day.

October is the main month for apple picking and cider making and the 21st of October was designated Apple Day in 1990 and was organised by Common Ground but Apple Day events are often any weekend in October now organised by county Wildlife Trusts or The National Trust with experts on hand to identify apples. 

More beautiful October pages from the Illustrated Country Year book.

Then of course there is Halloween or All Hallows Eve at the end of the month which needs a post all of it's own.............probably!

Finally.................... Many thanks for comments on Saturdays post and apologies for not replying over the weekend.

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Sue