Boggy and wet

Today started off wet and soggy - just like it has for the last three weeks. Heavy rain at night and thin  incessant drizzle during the day means we constantly squish through murky puddles and (if you`re particularly unlucky) fox poo.
My resident fox is firmly entrenched in our garden - he seems to like the fact he has good cover and a source of winter food (the heavy laden grapevines and a good array of slugs and snails..eeww )
However he also feels the need to 'mark' his territory out by regular deposits....

On a nicer note the garden has peaked and from this point the deciduous plants will start their beautiful riots of reds and russet leaf displays before becoming bare.
Ive already popped the fleece into my tree ferns before the first real frosts. However as the majority of my garden is evergreen it will always be lovely to look out the window even when its bitterly cold/wet and or both!

I also had a red print run - its almost Christmas so red is always a good colour for the festive season.
I had been meaning to make a small batch of  hampers geared towards the holiday period but was so busy that it was a nice coincidence I was asked to make a custom red owl hamper by a customer. So this morning I started to print the owl in red instead of the blue- I can only make tiny batches -so five or less hampers at a  time as my lino sheet becomes too saturated with ink, so losing detail. Its also a two stage process as after Ive printed the owl I then have to block print the lotus flower all around each one.

Im also going to be creating as I mentioned a few days ago some new linen runners with birds and blossom using some vintage tjaps - I will ink a pattern up first as it will have to span a  two meter length so its very important for me to block  print everything first before I start to print. I`ll post the ink up once its done.