Tagged: daughters

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 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...

A young woman is sitting on a carpeted floor surrounded by clothes and equipment for a trekking expedition. She is putting a pair of pink hand knitted walking socks on her feet

And she’s off!

It’s a busy weekend in the Winwick Mum household.  We’re packing and re-packing rucksacks, making sure that passports, vaccination cards and currency are all to hand, and constantly updating a list of things we...

A pair of green and yellow patterned socks modelled on feet. The wearer is sitting with her legs over the edge of a wooden wall so that she is suspended above the ground. There's a monkey face on the socks, and the wearer is holding a small toy monkey

Monkey Puzzle Socks

I love the words “monkey puzzle”.  They make me think of a fun game, or perhaps that tree that you see growing in people’s gardens sometimes which apparently got its name from someone saying...

A pair blue variegated socks on sock blockers lying on a wooden floor next to a pair of hiking boots

Nepal countdown

“I think I’m going to sign up for the trip to Nepal.” I can’t believe it’s nearly two years since not so small daughter made her announcement and next weekend, we’ll be waving her...