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It feels like deepest autumn: a turning point before winter properly sets in. I hope you're keeping warm and well, wherever you are!

Here are a few images from the past fortnight here at my place. Our restrictions are being lifted and we're able to see small friends and wider family again. It's lovely to see faces and remember what it's like to have dinner with people outside of our immediate bubble. Hard to imagine we'll take it for granted for a while.

I've been gradually tidying things up in the garden, with the idea of 'putting it to rest' over the wintertime. I do hope to plant rocket, silverbeet, spring onions and some other salad greens in the sunniest spot to keep us in some fresh things over winter. I quite enjoy the autumnal jobs in the garden: trimming away spent plants and sweeping, washing out terracotta pots and stacking them in the shed until spring.

My friend Beth came to visit and she brought with her a giant bundle of bay leaves. They're so pretty, hanging up to dry. 

I ordered a copy of Bernadine Evaristo's Girl, Woman, Other (along with a good number of children's books as gifts for my small nieces) and it's the perfect autumn read so far.

My autumnal music of choice this week is the new album by Sufjan Stevens: Aporia (made with Lowell Brams). Ever-shifting and dancing soundscapes, a sonic tonic.

Next week I'll move my home office set-up to the actual office, in the city. I've been thinking about making a few new office clothes and started with a couple of tops from the Wiksten Shift Dress pattern. It's a great design – and so easy to make! It's also comfortable and loose-fitting, which is how I like my clothes for the most part.

Above you can see one of the tops I made, which I cut from a light brown seersucker cotton. I also made one from dark green linen. I plan to wear them with these Merchant & Mills pants (on my sewing list for this weekend – will report back!)

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