Candle time...

There’s no doubt that we are slipping into autumn quickly now. My back yard is going wild in a last minute spurt of over-indulgent growth; the nasturtiums taking over, snaking everywhere, filling every space with their lush oval leaves. I expect I’ll have to soon start trimming it all back ready for the winter, before it simply turns to rot.

Early autumn, the last of summer.

The evenings are upon us quicker too and with each passing day it’s getting cooler, the temperature dropping to cold with the vanishing light. A fire’s already been lit in the hearth in the living room and the central heating flicked on for an hour or two when a jumper isn’t quite enough to brave the halls and kitchen. The candle time has come.

Yes, it’s becoming cosy - early mists, the last of the blue skies, the slowly turning leaves, a smell of drifting smoke, rain sparkling on the window glass, the whipping winds coming out of nowhere and with the lighting of candles the promise of winter on its way.

Candle time.

No worries, there's plenty of light if you know where to look - no matter the time of year.