Autumn Skies

Upon the dabbled shades of Autumn I do wake,

Looking up,

A kaleidoscope I spy,

Pressed delicately upon ,

A china blue sky,

I step up.

To the challenge astride,

Untold happiness inside.

Fall Leaves Us Wanting

I'll let you into a secret, I am only just getting into me being myself again , I have had some right horrible knock backs and I was in a horrible dark place a few weeks ago.This was despite coping with my depression , what I need is empathy , I need understanding. We can't all be friends ,I truly get that now but I think we can politely tolerate those around us , we are all perhaps fighting a battle we don't know about.

I love Autumn and kicking the leaves , and in the quiet and still before my son's football game begins I go explore the village again. Time and time I have explored  the village, in fact I know more about the village than some of the villagers, it is truly a beautiful haven by the river.

This is the photography , I am known for this is who I am ~ I run separate from others , I really honestly don't run with the herd, yes occasionally you will see reviews on here but I really love to have a purpose to my blogging . What I do has to add a string to my blogging bow also it has enrich my life, I have turned down so much as I can't simply do it all, yes I even turned down wine.


Adventure is where I am seeing the magical in the everyday , I can get twitchy if I can not go out. I apologies if my photos have not been the usual quality I know they have still been good( but I know they aren't quite 100 percent)

When I have gone that extra mile then you know that I am truly coming back, Some doors have been slammed in my face but to be honest with you that has widened my horizons, I am not a glossy magazine type of blog and there are some very beautiful, journalistic quality ones out there which are superb.

I am all about what you see is what you get and I will never blog an un truth I will be as diplomatic as I can possibly be.

What can't I do ~

I can't ever hate anyone.


Take a punt on me I won't let you down ~

Welcome Autumn

I will be honest when the cold starts to hit, I go absolutely freezing, I am chilled to the bone and this is not as I am sun seeker. I do like the sun on my back and face and yes it brightens my mood but when the colds strikes it can leave me in pain.

The pain can be crippling on occasion and I do have to ensure that I am wrapped up to the eyeballs think the invisible man then you are on the right lines. The cold doesn't stop being doing what I enjoy and love but it does hamper me and it turn that will make me sad,  whilst I have a SAD light, it is the cold that is my enemy. This is what having Raynaulds is like which is a circulation problem ~ cranks up heating again.

I find nowadays there is no longer the cold snap , clear winter days so much as there used to be , my mind goes back to the snow of the 1970's when the snow was really deep, this could have been as I was small.


However I will be popping to the woods next week ~

For now ~

The world is still ~

Siloutte Sunday

Oven Chicken Pilaf

The nights are most definitely  drawing in and I want my family to be able to come home to a dish that is both healthy and satisfying. And as my son is always popping out in the evening for sport I want to ensure that he gets the nutrition he needs as he is at a high sporting level. It is important to eat the same as a family , it drives me crackers if I have to cook separate dishes for everyone and when i had a rare cooking failure over a fish pie the other day I was most put out !



Ingredients

4 chicken breasts or 8 chicken thighs
1 small onion chopped
4 tsp curry paste
1 mug of basmati rice
1 mug of chicken stock
1 mug of frozen mixed veg ( I had carrots , broccoli and cauliflower in mine)
or indeed use fresh
optional if you wish to put in a quarter of a mug of frozen leaf spinach


Method

Heat the oven to 200c

Soften the small chopped onion with a small amount oil 

Brown the chicken in the same pan adding a little more oil

Transfer to an oven proof dish with a lid

To the chicken and onion mixture add the mug of basmati rice

Add the curry paste to your taste

Next the mug of chicken stock

Then add the mugs of frozen veg and if you desire the frozen/fresh flat spinach

Cook in the oven for around 40 minutes

Disclosure: I was send Co op vouchers in order to develop this recipe