The view may be dreary but it's not what it seems.

View from my window of my favourite month.

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Hello September. Autumn is approaching with astonishing speed and we are here already. September again. The next pit stop to reset and refocus. I’ll start on Monday kind of vibe.

The view from my window this morning is dreary. That is the only word I can think of to describe it, yet I feel the adjective doesn’t fit the meaning.

Dreary means grey, lack of colour and hope. Down in the dumps feeling.

But that is far from what I see.

After a hot and dry summer, the garden is welcoming this rain and cooler temperature as it drinks in the much anticipated precipitation. My new flower beds that I tendered to every evening in the height of August, can look after itself for a few days now. Mother Nature is doing the job of my watering can. This also comes as a relief as we have had a dripping tap for weeks and I am worried about our water bill.

And the electricity bill like everyone else.

I breathe in the feeling of fresh air which fills my lungs, travelling around my body and stirring the memories of autumns passed and remind me how much I love this time of year.

Because I really do.

Goal setting motivates me and as I bring myself out of a period of post natal depression, I feel a new wave of appreciation for what we have come through.

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September.

That new page of the exercise book. New pens and clean pencil case. The fresh start that comes nine months after setting New Years resolutions. A chance to try again.

From my window I see the cows field. The young bulls that arrived in late April are now bigger, stronger and ready to be moved on. We don’t really know where, we just know the wagon comes sometime in October and takes them away.

We have our suspicions as to where they go but don’t tell our younger two this.

Despite having a fear of cows, I do find their presence in the field very calming. They amble around the field, heads bent low as they munch on the grass. Their behaviour is funny, they follow each other around the field like sheep. So sweet.

Occasionally our cat can be spotted edging his way along the perimeter of the field, hunting for mice or gone to pester the beasts that are five times the size of him.

Today, the clouds are low and the rain I previously mentioned is still pattering on our conservatory roof.

The view may be dreary but it’s not what it seems.

I’m grateful for the rain falling and the fact it is the start of September. I have loved our time together over the holidays but we haven’t actually had a holiday this year and I have worked through the summer break. I am craving some routine and the kids are bickering which is a sign they are ready to spend more time with their classmates rather than each other.

If I were to write about the view I saw this morning, using adjectives like dreary and wet, you may be under the impression this was negative. But that really isn’t the case. The view still looks great and brings with it a welcome change which I am so ready for as we catapult our way into September.

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