Welcome! The Hearth and Soul Hop is the blog hop for family and comfort food recipes, healthy, sustainable living posts, gardening, family, kids, crafts and DIY. Encouraging and inspiring posts are welcome too.
Fall has definitely arrived on this side of the pond but not as we normally know it. We’ve been having some delightful warm weather and it has been England’s driest September in over fifty years. It’s a marvelous change from our usual damp, grey fall weather and we are enjoying every minute of it! It has been a great encouragement to Freshen Up My Home for Fall.
British Food Fortnight, Britain’s harvest celebration, is still going strong. We don’t have Thanksgiving here in the United Kingdom and British Food Fortnight aims to bring back a celebration of the harvest in this country. My family and I celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving in October so this is a real passion of mine. I really think that the UK would benefit from an official Thanksgiving Day sometime during our harvest season!
We had one of our best weeks ever at the Hearth and Soul Hop last week with 117 posts shared. Thank you all so much for your support. Swathi and I are excited to see the hop growing like this. Please share the Hearth and Soul hop with your readers and blogging friends so it can become an even richer resource of inspiration and community.
You all shared a wonderful selection of posts with us last week, it really was hard to choose features! I’ve chosen just a few of the posts that caught my eye.
Pumpkin Spice Doughnuts from What a Girl Eats
Easy Fall Decor Ideas from A Kaleidoscopic Dream
Dense and Chewy Pumpkin Cookies from Tessa The Domestic Diva
On with The Hearth and Soul Hop!
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Winnie says
September 29, 2014 at 9:20 pmThank you April for another party 🙂
April Harris says
September 30, 2014 at 5:07 pmThank you for visiting and sharing, Winnie 🙂
Miz Helen says
September 30, 2014 at 12:29 amHi April,
I am sharing my Chicken Spaghetti and Herb Garlic Bread today and hope everyone enjoys it. Have a lovely week and thanks so much for the great party!
Miz Helen
April Harris says
September 30, 2014 at 5:08 pmYour recipes sound lovely, Miz Helen! I look forward to visiting them 🙂 Hope you have a lovely week too!
Sandi @ A New York Foodie says
September 30, 2014 at 1:02 amHi ladies! Thanks so much for hosting! Have a great week! 🙂
April Harris says
September 30, 2014 at 5:08 pmHope you have a great week too, Sandi 🙂
Linda @ With A Blast says
September 30, 2014 at 1:05 amThanks for hosting, April !
April Harris says
September 30, 2014 at 5:09 pmThank you for visiting and sharing, Linda 🙂
Diane Balch says
September 30, 2014 at 11:22 amI hope that you do end up with an official Thanksgiving Day. It is my favorite American holiday. Food and family no commercialism. Thanks for the party April.
April Harris says
September 30, 2014 at 5:10 pmThank you, Diane, I hope so too 🙂 I always enjoy celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving with family and friends but it would be so nice if we had an official holiday here in the UK!
pam (Sidewalk Shoes) says
September 30, 2014 at 11:48 amThanks for the link up party!!
April Harris says
September 30, 2014 at 5:10 pmThank you for visiting and sharing, Pam 🙂
Lou Lou Girls says
September 30, 2014 at 4:09 pmHello cute lady! I’m so excited to party with you today! I hope you get a chance to stop by our party. We would be amazing! http://loulougirls.blogspot.com
Happy Tuesday! Lou Lou Girls
April Harris says
September 30, 2014 at 5:12 pmHi there! Thank you for visiting and Happy Tuesday! I’m on my way over to your party now 🙂
Tessa@TessaDomesticDiva says
October 1, 2014 at 3:19 amThanks APril! I am sharing yet more pumpkin goodies this week!!
April Harris says
October 1, 2014 at 4:32 pmThank you, Tessa! I look forward to seeing your recipes 🙂
Christine @ Once Upon a Time in a Bed of Wildflowers says
October 3, 2014 at 12:54 amThanks for hosting! This week I’ve shared another warming fall drink — Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate.
April Harris says
October 3, 2014 at 1:22 pmSounds delicious, Christine! Thank you for visiting and sharing 🙂