A partly-knitted blue striped sock on a train table next to a corrugated coffee cup

Blogtober 2024 : Day 5

Saturday!  Ooh, I love Saturdays, I’ve always considered them to be my Day Off and I don’t feel in the least bit guilty about doing or not doing anything that I fancy. This morning,...

A copy of a book with a blue, green and yellow cover entitled "Clean & Green" lies on a granite worktop next to a bottle of tea tree oil, a jar of citric acid and a measuring jug on kitchen scales.

Blogtober 2024 : Day 4

Hello, and happy Friday to you!  It’s a late post today as I have been out for most of the day helping big daughter and her boyfriend move into their new house. They’ve been...

Sunlight on autumn leaves just starting to turn gold, against a dark stormy sky

Blogtober 2024 : Day 3

I had such a lovely day yesterday catching up with my friend Lucy (she of the blog Attic24) in her home town of Skipton in North Yorkshire.  It’s always worth the drive from Winwick...

A pair of socks in stripes of brown, red, green and gold on a pair of feet. The person wearing them is wearing jeans and the feet are resting on a wooden floor

Blogtober 2024 : Day 2

It’s been a long and busy day today – I’ve been up to Skipton to see a fab friend who crochets and also happens to be Blogtobering, but more about that visit tomorrow –...

A tube of knitting in pink yarn lying on a wooden table next to an orange mug and an open book

Blogtober 2024 : Day 1

It’s October!!!! We say “white rabbits” in our house at the start of a new month but you might say something different, and perhaps whether you have rabbits at all depends on the particular...

The sun is shining through a tree onto a garden filled with greenery. The Winwick Mum logo is in the bottom right hand corner.

Monthly Musing – September 2024 – New girl

“Hello!  Welcome to our club!” It’s been a long time since I’ve been the “new girl” at anything, and but here I was at my first session at a Tai Chi class and, staring...