Category: Outdoors

A wide red-gravelled footpath between bushes, leading into the distance. The sky is brilliant blue.

Blogtober 2022 : Day 11

Today is one of those days when I’ve done plenty but not much that is particularly photogenic. I’ve been waiting in for a parcel so at the time of writing (4.00pm), I’ve not left...

Green shoots of Winter wheat growing in a field

Blogtober 2022 : Day 6

It’s been a busy day today and I’m late in posting but better late than never! Thanks for all your comments on the Blogtober posts, it’s lovely to have you along with me on...

Autumn leaves on trees across a green field. The leaves are turning red and the sky is grey

Blogtober 2022 : Day 4

Do you ever have those days when you wake up knowing that you’ve got a lot to do but there seems to be so much that you don’t know where to start?  That was...

Looking out across a canal from a bridge. The water is very still, there are trees on both sides and grey clouds above. It's raining and you can see it splashing in the water

On the last day of September

I can’t tell you how many years I’ve been singing that line of the song about the Big Ship which sailed on the Ally Ally Oh to myself on 30 September, but it’s been...

A view of blue sky and sunshine through the trees on an Autumn morning

Autumn equinox

It’s the Autumn equinox today, the day when the astrological Autumn begins and the sun crosses the celestial equator.  It might feel as if it’s a bit late as meterological Autumn began on 1...

A knitted sock in pale pastel stripes lies next to the half-knitted second sock and the ball of yarn on a pink checked duvet cover

Slow Sunday

Hello to you, how is your week going?  It’s an odd one this week, isn’t it?  “A mixture of the usual and the extraordinary,” I heard it called on the radio and it is,...