Hello everyone and welcome to a bright sunny day in Cardiff, hope everything is well with you.

I had a lovely walk to the village this morning, all sunny and crisp, leaves lying in a patchwork of browns and golds on the grey pavement sun reflecting on them, absolutely glorious.  The leaves reminded me of an Eva Cassidy song see below, probably one of my favourite singers, but then I have so many , like poets, I don't know which one to choose.  Eva's music and renditions of popular songs as well as her own compositions are wonderful and can be a constant companion to me, if you get the opportunity listen to her, a lot of her work was recorded live on her tours for private use by her parents and released after she died from cancer to raise money for cancer charities in the states.  She was discovered in the uK by the late Paul Walters (producer for Terry Wogan) and I understand it was he who persuaded her parents to release them as albums.    It is sad how much talent is lost to death at such an early age.  

We are fast approaching Halloween and I should be stocking up for the hungry trick or treaters that may appear at my door, should I bake them brownies or buy sweets, having lived in the rural countryside in the last 30 years I am not sure what to expect and whether our road will attract many youngsters, I think a box of sweets will do!  All we did as children was hollow out a swede and put a candle in it, never went out or had parties to celebrate the occasion  which is in fact All Hallows Eve, and not a dedication to ghosts, mummies or witches, but a celebration of all those lives that have passed.  

On that note as I pick up my beasom and fly off into the night, I wish you all a goodnight wherever in the world you are, and thank you once again for joining me.  

Siwzy

"Autumn Leaves" (sung by Eva Cassidy from the French lyrics by Jacques Prévert, English lyrics by Johnny Mercer, )

The falling leaves
Drift by my window.
The falling leaves of red and gold.

I see your lips,
the summer kisses,
the sunburned hands I used to hold.

Since you went away
the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter song
But i miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

Since you went away
the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter song
But i miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall