Category: Outdoors

White rabbits!

It’s the first of May today – May Day or Beltane – and it’s tradition in our house to say “white rabbits” on the first day of the month for good luck.  There are...

Clear skies and swans

It’s Easter weekend here in the UK – and anywhere else that follows the Christian calendar – which generally means that the garden centres are full of customers and the shops are full of...

Catching up

And then suddenly it was April!  Ta dah! I feel like the months have magically changed months without me even noticing … one day it was March and then before I knew it, it...

A blue, turquoise and white striped sock lies on a wooden table next to an orange mug with a sheep head on it and a ball of yarn in the same colour

Catkins and kittens

It’s Friday again!  The days are just whizzing past, aren’t they?  I was told this happened when you got older but I never believed it – and now I know it’s true! 🙂 How...

A traditional chimney sweep brush sticks out of a chimney pot against a blue and cloudy sky

It’s that time of year …

⭐️   It’s that time of year …. to break out in to break out into cheesy musical songs about chimney sweeps … Our sweep doesn’t sing or dance, though.  I did ask him and...

A frosted flower seed head illuminated by the low Winter sun

Winter skies

It wasn’t that long ago that I despaired of ever seeing anything except grey leaden skies, full of low clouds and drizzle.  That’s not how I like my Winter days to be!  I like...