Tagged: 2023

A view across Manchester from the cocktail bar of a tall hotel building. There is a cocktail menu on the table

Wow!

Big daughter spent some time with a good friend of hers and her toddler son last week. “Mum, he’s so cute!” she exclaimed, showing me photos of the little chap enthralled by ducks on...

A large, orange full moon with clear markings rises above an apartment block next to a monument on a hill

Monthly Musing – August 2023 – Blue moon

After all the rainy days and nights we’ve had recently, it was a joy to be able to look out of the window and see the big beautiful super blue moon last night.  It...

A pair of feet resting on a wooden coffee table, wearing hand knitted socks in stripes of blue, green, red and gold

Nutcracker – WYS Christmas 2023 yarn

Please do not adjust your screen – it really is Christmas in August as the WYS Christmas 2023 yarn has been released today!  Woohoo!  The West Yorkshire Spinners Christmas yarns have become something of...

A shrine gate on a lake. The gate looks like it is floating on the water

Postcards from Japan – part two

Hello, not so small daughter here again!  Thanks for coming back to read more about my trip to Japan.  If you missed it, you can read yesterday’s Postcards from Japan post here.   Our...

A view of Kyoto countryside through a round train window

Postcards from Japan – part one

Hiya! Not-so-small daughter here, home from Japan! I have had an amazing time on my travels, and I think we definitely managed to squeeze plenty in to two weeks! It started off with a...

An open suitcase with a turquoise blue hoody, a red, blue and white Guide necker (neckerchief) and a green and yellow fan lying on it

All my chickens …

have been back home where I like them to be this week!  I’ve had all my family in the house, even big daughter who has her own house but can still call this one...