Leaves, leaves...

...leaves, leaves, leaves, acorns, leaves, chestnuts, leaves, leaves.... I must have raked up and burned several million of them by now. Still, the weather is pleasant and sunny, so it's not such an ordeal. Apparently it's been the warmest November for 50 years or something like that.

Tomorrow Lowri's book club is descending on us. These ladies set an impressively high standard of household loveliness and of catering, and we're not going to try to compete. Nevertheless the hoover has been out today, the piles of papers are being put into cupboards, and the hamster cages WILL be cleaned.

The boys are practising their cycling tricks - wheelies, bunny-hops and riding up and down stairs (OUTSIDE, please).