The sun is shining through a tree onto a garden filled with greenery. The Winwick Mum logo is in the bottom right hand corner.

Monthly Musing – August 2024 – All change

In September, my husband and I will join thousands of other parents around the country who wave off their youngest child to (in our case) university, but it could be anything that takes them...

A pair of red, green, gold, copper and cream striped socks modelled on feet

Yuletide – WYS Christmas 2024 yarn

It’s the end of the August and that can only mean one thing … it’s the WYS 2024 Christmas yarn launch!  Hooray!  This is the 9th special edition Signature 4ply Christmas yarn and with...

A view from an aeroplane window showing the propeller and clouds and mountains far below

Postcards from Nepal

Hiya everyone! Not-so-small daughter back again and feeling so incredibly lucky to have more stories of my travels! Once again (I went to Japan last year) my travelling began on a 7 hour flight...

Rows of barley stalks left in piles to be turned in straw bales

Fields of gold

One of the joys of living close to fields is being able to watch them change as the seasons turn.  Winwick and the neighbouring villages are surrounded by fields which grow a variety of...

A partly-knitted green and yellow sock on a wooden table next to an orange mug of tea

A bit of everything!

That’s what’s in this post today – flowers, fields, knitting, socks, cats … it’s a mish-mash of a happy week – oh, and a couple of photos that have been lurking in my camera...

A white domed temple roof with a golden spire. There is a large pair of eyes painted on the spire. A monkey sits on a ledge next to the white dome

Monthly Musing – July 2024 – Post holiday blues

“I wish I was back in Nepal.” Not so small daughter has post-holiday blues, and the boring familiarity of Winwick and her same old, same old life is not cutting it for her.  Even...

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