September moments...apples, blackberries, birthdays and beasties!

We've been busy with the start of term and everything that brings, I haven't had chance to write my blog.  I don't have anything specific to write about, so here are a selection of photos up to now...This is an apple from our little tree...

We sliced and poked them into cake mix... 

 Added blackberries from over the garden wall...

  Made a crumble topping...

 and baked...

 an absolutely scrummy apple and blackberry crumble topped sponge cake...well worthy of the bake off I reckon!

 

 Beasties:  Whilst on the garden wall looking for the blackberries Miss M saw this...

we caught it and put it in a bucket...it's an 'elephant hawk moth' caterpillar, and let me tell you it was massive - as far as caterpillars go...

 We also found this beastie!!! the berry has eyes - we didn't eat this one - too scary...

But we made a few of these jars of jam...

Me and J found a den on a woodland walk...

 The children went to a very cool Superhero treasure hunt party in some woods...

And we celebrated J's birthday...

And lastly...we ordered more wood for the fire because it's getting pretty cold...

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