An unseasonably mild November walk 🍄

Yesterday Ed and I decided to drive up to Dartmoor and go for a walk somewhere new to make the most of a dry November afternoon. We ended up having a good old explore and took so many nice pictures that I thought they deserved a post of their own. 

Rosehips that look like little Christmas decorations.

I tucked the moss in my hat for safekeeping.

I managed to catch a falling leaf.

I really wanted to explore this old shack but it was fenced off with danger signs...

One of the best sights was a couple of these magical fairy mushrooms (fly agaric), we were very excited! They just don't seem real...like something straight out of a storybook. Apparently the mushrooms that Alice eats in Wonderland were based on fly agaric because of their hallucinogenic effects...🍄✨ needless to say we didn't try any.

A perfect clearing for a picnic one day.

We sat and had coffee from a flask on this bench.

We were glad to catch the golden Autumn colour before all the leaves fall off and Winter sets in.....we are definitely going to go back to this spot as there is so much more to explore! What a dreamy way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Fairy Time Knits (the content you didn't know you needed) 🏰

Back in the Easter holidays I was enjoying a charity shop browse with my family and I came across a beauty. I very almost didn't buy it because, let's face it, I already have my share of quirky, non-essential books and I am in the process of decluttering in preparation for moving out of my student house...BUT needless to say, I did buy it. I saw the infinite creative potential encapsulated within it's colourful pages and I knew that it was worth my £1.

My first thought for this book was that I would just use the pictures for collages and stuff because they are so darn 80s and iconic (just look at that kid's mullet!). But I am actually beginning to consider the idea that I might actually have a go at making one of these wonderfully hideous jumpers. As far as knitting patterns go these ones don't seem too complicated and the book has some basic tutorials on changing colours and stuff so I think it will be a fun challenge.  Watch out world! 

I scanned in every jumper in the book and I'm just going to share them with you now because they are just so good and this is the kind of joy you need more of in your life. Let me know which one is your favourite, I think mine has got to be the green one with the ugly duckling because it looks almost exactly like a baby seagull and also the little girl with the glasses is so cute! The Hansel and Gretel one is great too.