Tagged: daughters

A pile of four knitted socks on a wooden floor. Two are dark green with blue toes, and two are sage green. The socks appear cosy and handmade.

Starting the week

It’s Monday morning and the house is quiet.  The dog has had his breakfast and gone back to bed.  The cats are wandering about as I can hear the tinkle of collar bells.  Not...

Four half scones with cream and jam on a yellow plate next to a cut glass containing Pimm's and fruit. The empty Pimm's can is next to the glass.

August Monday

It’s the start of another week and now we’re into August.  It’s caught me by surprise a little bit – I only just wrote my July Monthly Musing on time last week!  I think...

A green and yellow striped hand knitted sock on a wooden table

No such thing as normal

Hello hello, it’s Saturday again and the first week of our “new normal” … although I’ve never been normal in my life so I can’t see that I’m going to start now!  🙂 That...

A tabby and white cat sits amongst pot plants and bags

New beginnings

We dropped not so small daughter off at university yesterday. It was an emotional day – how could it not be? – but it was also a good day as all the build up...

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...

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...