Category: Outdoors

A partly knitted sock in turquoise, red and yellow lies next to a Spirited Away DVD case on a wooden table. There's an orange mug on the table too.

Joyful Saturday

Well, it’s been an eventful 24 hours (nearly) here in Winwick!  My original post was called “Joyful Friday” and I had nearly finished it when the electricity went off unexpectedly and we were without...

A bright blue sky reflected into a canal along with an arch railway bridge which makes circles in the reflections

Spring is … springing!

This week, on 1 March, saw the start of meterological spring in the UK.  It was also St David’s Day in Wales so a belated Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus to you!   Meterological spring is...

A pair of socks in purple and white stripes with pink cuffs, heels and toes are on a pair of feet. There's a red rug on the wooden floor and the person wearing the socks is sitting on a brown leather sofa

February gratitude

I’ve got a lot of things to be thankful for.  I try to remember to say thank you for them every day, and some days I am better at remembering than others, but then...

Christine is standing in a deep puddle. She's wearing her purple wellies.

Winter weather

I wonder where the idea came from that seasons would be just one type of weather?  Picture books, perhaps, showing the winter as snow from one end of the season to the other, or...

An empty road with pine trees in the distance and a blue sky with wispy clouds above. There are sheep on and next to the road.

Cold and clear

Has it snowed unexpectedly in Winwick?  No, don’t worry, we aren’t in the middle of some unexplained weather phenomenon (although we are in the middle of the Winter Haven KAL and and I always...

A carpet of bronze beech leaves on the ground in a wood

Enjoying autumn

Thank you so much for taking the time to write comments or emails after my last post about Astrid.  It does help to know that I’m not alone in worrying every time she sets...