Tuesday bits and pieces!

Having re-read and thoroughly enjoyed this wonderful book by R.C. Sherriff, ( which has also taken me a fortnight in October to complete!) , I was contemplating what to read next.  

Next in line was supposed to be ‘On the Road’ by Jack Kerouac and then ‘ The Return of the Native’ by Thomas Hardy. But in truth I enjoyed ‘A Fortnight in September’ so much that I decided to read another book by R.C. Sherriff, ‘Greengates’. I read it a few years ago and it’s been on my bookshelf for some time, (along with a number of other Persephone books!) 

I have so many books from which to choose…(we’ve always been a book loving family) and with time in the garden becoming less as the colder weather sets in, I’m trying to get into good reading habits. 

What I really enjoy about the writing of  R.C Sherriff, is the simplicity of it. He seems to have this knack of writing so well about ordinary things.  And ‘A Fortnight in September’ for me, is a wonderful piece of writing that highlights a world that is now gone…and probably gone forever. It’s a superb journey, back to the 1930s.

‘Greengates’ from what I remember, is a story about retirement and all that it brings…and many of us who blog, have certainly been there. And retirement hits us all in different ways! Of course, the characters in ‘Greengates’ move house after living in the same house for forty years.…and that’s all I’m going to say for now. Whether it turns out to be as this poster, taken from the Persephone books website, remains to be seen.

Persephone books

And so moving on, to present day.  

As a contrast to the reds in the garden, here is an offering of the yellows and oranges . Most of these are still hanging on!

And as I wandered around, at the weekend, this Ivy caught my eyes:

What colours! 

Finally, something that we thoroughly enjoyed this week is this:

‘Riot Women’ takes you through a variety of emotions! At times you find yourself sobbing and at others you find yourself laughing out loud. I think it’s absolutely brilliant but then I also enjoyed ‘Happy Valley’ and ‘ Gentleman Jack’, …all were written by the talented Sally Wainwright. I highly recommend it!