Tagged: 2024

A view from an aeroplane window showing the propeller and clouds and mountains far below

Postcards from Nepal

Hiya everyone! Not-so-small daughter back again and feeling so incredibly lucky to have more stories of my travels! Once again (I went to Japan last year) my travelling began on a 7 hour flight...

Rows of barley stalks left in piles to be turned in straw bales

Fields of gold

One of the joys of living close to fields is being able to watch them change as the seasons turn.  Winwick and the neighbouring villages are surrounded by fields which grow a variety of...

A partly-knitted green and yellow sock on a wooden table next to an orange mug of tea

A bit of everything!

That’s what’s in this post today – flowers, fields, knitting, socks, cats … it’s a mish-mash of a happy week – oh, and a couple of photos that have been lurking in my camera...

A white domed temple roof with a golden spire. There is a large pair of eyes painted on the spire. A monkey sits on a ledge next to the white dome

Monthly Musing – July 2024 – Post holiday blues

“I wish I was back in Nepal.” Not so small daughter has post-holiday blues, and the boring familiarity of Winwick and her same old, same old life is not cutting it for her.  Even...

A brown leather sofa littered with the contents of two rucksacks

And she’s back again!

Not so small daughter arrived home to Manchester airport on Monday afternoon.  Now, on Sunday, it’s hard to believe that she was away for two weeks – and has been home for nearly a...

Yellow and white chamomile flowers with a sunset in the background

Here comes the sun

It’s the end of week two of not so small daughter’s trip to Nepal and my stay-at-home holiday (I’m not a fan of the word “staycation”) and it’s been lovely.  The sun shone and...