Category: Gardening

A single blue hydrangea flower

Up on my back legs

Hello there, how are you doing?  It feels good to be writing today’s post as last week, I was feeling very sorry for myself as I had hurt my back with over-enthusiastic wielding 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 fluffy baby wren sits on the gloved fingers of Christine's hand

In the garden

Last year, I decided that I would turn my vegetable border of three raised beds into one large flower border.  It was quite a decision for me as I’d built up the veg border...

A black dog is walking across a sunlit field towards heavy black clouds with rain falling out of them

On the bright side …

It was views like this that inspired the name of my Winwick Mum yarn colourway, Brightside, but despite the title of today’s post, I’m not sure that there is a bright side to all...

Silhouette outline of Winwick Church against a sunset sky

School holiday brain mush

I realised last night as I was out walking with my husband and the dog and stopped to take this photo that I hadn’t posted my usual weekend blog post.  I’m blaming school (or...

A pair of green, yellow and cream colourwork socks on foot forms lying on a wooden floor. The feet are positioned so that the sock toes are opposite each other

Spring has sprung!

It was the Spring Equinox earlier this week so spring is officially here.  I think I would finally agree (despite knowing that it’s likely to go cold again) after seeing all the flowers appear...