Two packets of photos from photo developers sit on a black photo album. All are lying on a white high-gloss table.

Monthly Musing – September 2022 – Snap happy

“So that’s why you’ve not had any emails!” Not so small daughter has been waiting for an email … and waiting … and waiting … and it was only by chance when one that...

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,...

A pad of writing paper with a pink and blue cover lies on a table. On top of the pad is a clear plastic pencil case filled with pens and next to it on the table is a blue lanyard with the word "student" printed on it

A new routine

September has long felt like the start of a new year for me, and this year has been no different. Not so small daughter has started college, school runs have finished for us as...

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

HM Queen Elizabeth II – 1926-2022

Photo currently unavailable   I didn’t expect to be as upset by the passing of HM The Queen as I have been.  It’s taken me quite by surprise, to be honest, and I’ve been...

Four knitted socks in sizes from large to baby are hanging on a mantelpiece decorated with Christmas greenery and fairy lights. Each of the socks is a different style but all are knitting in WYS Gingerbread yarn

Gingerbread – WYS Christmas 2022 yarn

In what has become a tradition almost as eagerly as awaited as the Christmas TV programmes schedule, the WYS Christmas sock yarn for 2022 has been released!  Hooray!  West Yorkshire Spinners have been producing...