Category: Outdoors

A black dog stands in a water in a muddy ditch in a wood

All’s well

A week on from last week’s post and I’m so glad to be able to tell you that all’s well in the Winwick Mum household! Thank you so much for keeping me company with...

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...

A wooden coffee table with a plant in a spotty plant pot, an orange mug of tea and two slices of toast and jam on a plate

Sunshine and showers

Well, not so much showers as torrential rain – I don’t remember it EVER raining quite as much as it has done lately!   How about you?  I hope you’ve managed to stay dry this week! March...

A pair of pink socks with deep purple heels and toes lie on a wooden coffee table next to a leather scissors pouch, a pair of gold bird-shaped scissors, two wool needles on a piece of a black fabric and an orange mug of tea

February days

I am having a bit of trouble at the moment making the days go slower.  It only seems to be five minutes since my blog post last weekend, and even today’s is on Sunday...

Hellebore season

Our garden is most definitely a spring garden, and there are most definitely signs that spring is on the way!  Some of my favourite spring flowers are the Hellebores which start appearing from late...

A hyacinth bulb in a glass jar next to an Advent candle in a reindeer-shaped chrome holder. Both are sitting on a wooden mantelpiece

Midwinter

One of my favourite Christmas carols has always been “In the bleak midwinter”, probably because the first verse is all about a snowy landscape, but I don’t think that growing up, I ever really...