Category: Blogtober

Sunlight on autumn leaves just starting to turn gold, against a dark stormy sky

Blogtober 2024 : Day 3

I had such a lovely day yesterday catching up with my friend Lucy (she of the blog Attic24) in her home town of Skipton in North Yorkshire.  It’s always worth the drive from Winwick...

A pair of socks in stripes of brown, red, green and gold on a pair of feet. The person wearing them is wearing jeans and the feet are resting on a wooden floor

Blogtober 2024 : Day 2

It’s been a long and busy day today – I’ve been up to Skipton to see a fab friend who crochets and also happens to be Blogtobering, but more about that visit tomorrow –...

A tube of knitting in pink yarn lying on a wooden table next to an orange mug and an open book

Blogtober 2024 : Day 1

It’s October!!!! We say “white rabbits” in our house at the start of a new month but you might say something different, and perhaps whether you have rabbits at all depends on the particular...

A collage of autumn leaves on various plants

Blogtober 2023 : Round up

Hellooo! I know that Blogtober is over for this year, but I wanted to do a quick round-up of last month’s posts and photos – I did this last year and I really enjoyed...

A large orange pumpkin sits on a kitchen worktop

Blogtober 2023 : Day 31

It’s Hallowe’en and both my girls are out. For the first time in probably about twenty years, there has been no pumpkin carving in our house.  Ah, it’s a bit sad, especially after the...

A partly-knitted striped sock, a Japanese flag, two cardboard favours boxes in the shape of suitcases and a blue foil balloon weight are on a white table cloth with blue shiny confetti circles scattered around them

Blogtober 2023 : Day 30

Not so small daughter went back to college today.  I’d love to tell you that she bounced out of bed at 6.30am when the alarm went off and was raring to go, but instead...