September? September!!!!

Well I have no idea what happened to August but I find myself whizzing around getting ready for a little man's birthday which means it must nearly be September! So sorry to have been away - I hadn't intended a break - it just sort of grew!
I finished a lovely commission for flags and then managed, rather foolishly, to fall off of my bike. My left arm has been a nuisance, and as I am left-handed there has been little in the way of productivity. Very frustrating! But there have been new cushions - the ones on the sofa have multiplied...
and on this sofa too.....
on the little wicker chair from my childhood...
and on one of the kitschen chairs....
and this beautiful birch tree cushion in the reading corner.....
and another of my old tapestries finally made up into a cushion...
and why this latest splurge of cushioning? Do you see something odd here?
Does the beautiful boy look a little over-dressed for a sweltering hot August day?
and what's this?
No I didn't bump my head and go do-lally..... well I did bump my head - I had two lovely black eyes for a couple of weeks! But that does not explain all the festivities....
The boy was in his element - very happy to play along!
Editor, Angela happily allowed him to crack crackers securing a place in his heart (crackers are his favourite part of Christmas!)...
Nick the photographer had an exceptional eye for colour and produced some wonderful gemlike images...
and there's Homes Editor, Katie who stoically played 'squares' with the boy despite his rather vague attitude to any rules!
I don't want to spoil any surprises - happily a bit of make-up covered the remains of a black eye and thankfully I was only required for one picture!
The boy is now away at Hotel Granny for his last family holiday of the summer. The nights are already drawing in. It will soon be Autumn, a return to school and I shall be here to chat with you more often.
I hope you are all enjoying the remains of the summer. t.xx