Photo diary: week 36, project 365

September is a transitional month, you still have very warm days reminiscent of the summer, yet the evenings are getting dark earlier and earlier, and there is a chill in the air in the mornings.
Last week the school started. While Eddie went back to school on Tuesday, Sasha wasn't supposed to go back to school until Thursday.
Unfortunately his SEN officer and transport department made a total mess with the transport request. And sadly it's not the first time they get it wrong.
He is starting a new school out of town, and needs transport to get there. It's unrealistic for us to take him to school, as it would take two buses, and then walking along the busy road. With my husband's work commitments, he wouldn't be able to take him to and back from school. I can't do it either, as that would mean spending my day on transport all the day, going to and fro, plus Eddie goes to a local school. Anyway, for Sasha's safety and anxiety, he needs a school transport. Which didn't happen. We spent hours this week on the phone, trying to sort out the issue.
My hunch is that the person responsible for doing the request back in summer didn't do it until the last moment, and then ignored my messages and calls.
Frustrating, so frustrating...

I recently finished Her Name was Rose, which was promoted as the must-read for summer.
It was a gripping thriller, but I couldn't relate to any character, and found the main heroine extremely annoying.

Eddie was a bit reluctant to go back to school on Tuesday. We got too lazy in summer, getting up and going to bed late, and it was difficult to get ready quickly in the morning.
I cooked cauliflower with flaked almonds, coconut and spices.

We have quite a few hazelnuts in the garden. The problem is either to pick them up now, when they are still ripening, or leave them until later and most likely be eaten by squirrels.

Some evenings I don't fancy cooking. On Thursday we have a market in town, and I bought some beautiful cheese, plums and figs.

Eddie and I are enjoying our evening reading sessions together. We've just finished reading Emma Carroll's Secrets of a Sun King. He loved it a lot, so we moved onto the next book by the same author, called The Girl who walked on air.
The pop-up book in the background is my recent find in one of the charity shops.

Yesterday we went to the swimming pool, and later to Sainsbury's cafe, where boys wanted chips - no surprises here.