Tagged: dog walks

A partly knitted sock held so that you can see the pink and neon green stripes

Blogtober 2023 : Day 12

Today’s weather report: no rain.  (Hooray!) We did have fog, though, so the dog and I stayed indoors until later when the sun came out and then we went back to the Nine Arches...

Looking up at brick built arches surrounded by scaffolding

Blogtober 2023 : Day 10

The dog and I have been back to the Nine Arches in Earlestown (Sankey Valley) for the first time in aaaaages.  I’m not quite sure why we haven’t been for such a long time...

A ball of multi-coloured yarn on a flat silver-coloured weighing scale. The ball of yarn weighs 25g.

Out of steam

This week, after all the rushing of recent weeks, I am out of steam.  I’ve spent the week not getting very far very fast and I’ve tried to remember that sometimes, this is just...

Christine is standing in a deep puddle. She's wearing her purple wellies.

Winter weather

I wonder where the idea came from that seasons would be just one type of weather?  Picture books, perhaps, showing the winter as snow from one end of the season to the other, or...

A collage of nine photos showing flowers, berries and leaves in Autumn colours

Blogtober 2022 – it’s a wrap!

Hello!  I bet you didn’t expect to see me today! It’s the first of November and Blogtober 2022 is over – but I can’t quite let it go without a roundup of a fabulous...

Christine is holding up a bunch of oak leaves on a single stem to the light. The leaves are yellow, green and orange.

Blogtober 2022 : Day 18

Autumn is such a lovely time of year to walk with the dog. We’re back in Sankey Valley park today, a bit further over than where I showed you photos of the swans the...