Category: Blogtober

The sun is behind Christine and the dog and it throws their shadows onto the woodland path.

Blogtober 2021 : Day 7

Hooray!  Sunshine! After all the rain of the last couple of days, it was lovely to be outside and feel the warmth from the sun, even if it was that Autumn sun without the...

A partly-knitted purple shawl on two long double pointed needles. A sheet marked with rows worked and the pattern are visible, and one of the needles is pushed into a knitting belt

Blogtober 2021 : Day 6

It’s quite a relief to see blue sky today albeit with more than a few clouds in there.  Phew, it didn’t half put down some rain last night!  It was windy too, and the...

A view from a car looking down a long tarmac road across the moors. The moors to the left and right are green, the sky is bright blue and up ahead are dark rain clouds.

Blogtober 2021 : Day 5

Look at that sky! I went to see my friend Lucy last week and I often take the road over the top of the moors from Lancashire into Yorkshire before dropping down into Skipton. ...

A copy of a book called "The Marlow Murder Club" is lying on a wooden table next to an orange mug of tea and a chocolate bar with a bite out of it. In the background is a brown leather chair.

Blogtober 2021 : Day 4

Not so small daughter didn’t really fancy going into school today and I can’t say that I really blame her.  I think we’d all like to spend a bit longer in bed on a...

Close up of orange crocosmia flowers and their green strap-like leaves against a background of plants.

Blogtober 2021 : Day 3

Happy Sunday! Well, the weather never picked up yesterday so I didn’t go outside to finish off the border.  Even though it did stop raining for a bit, it was so wet that I...

A overgrown garden border. There are plants and weeds, an old Belfast sink with plant pots in it and it all looks like a lot of work!

Blogtober 2021 : Day 2

It’s Day 2 of Blogtober and so far so good … I’m still here! 🙂 My plan for today was to finish off working on the garden border that I’ve been revamping – it...