It was 11am when I headed out into town - for the purpose of investigating a market I'd heard was going on - and there were shrivelled daffodills everywhere, but all sorts of insects were making the most of what was sprouting... ... and there was a spaniel of some sort was wearing a purple … Continue reading A Day at the Market: Food, Crafts, and Peculiar Finds

At 10.26am, it was 11°C , and the car was just getting moving: the river was quite high at the end of the town, and there were lots of people and swans visible in the Gardens, one street had a shop that said it was a specialist in ramen noodles on the front, I spotted … Continue reading A sunny Mothering Monday

A couple of ladybirds were having a venture round the garden in the sunshine... ...and a robin was having a browse of the bird boxes... The sunshine has got a few of the sunflower seeds planted this month starting to sprout… ... and there's already Forget-Me-Nots in the back garden. There were potatoes were unexpectedly … Continue reading My favourite photos of March

A homemade candle lit at breakfast time It was 4°C at 9.27am, and the bells of the church at the end of the road were ringing when we left, bright sun was out but frost remained in the places it hadn’t shone on; there was barely any traffic in the town, crocuses on some verges, … Continue reading A day at Compton Verney: involving art, mud, and a little bit of cake

A sign of spring braving the temperatures... ...and a few more signs (in plant form). Mum conquering the puddles with muddy boots and a determined spirit Snowdrops in an ancient misty graveyard Getting violent with a decomposing compost bin The results of a Grow Your Own Mushroom kit A very pretty robin perched on a … Continue reading February’s top 10

It was 14°C with 71 km/h gusts at 10.25am when the car moved – and Soot (the approaching 21 year old cat) was strolling around considering where to flop (following a bowl top up and gobbling a lot of it), and I’d grabbed a biscuit. A half dead looking man was getting out of a … Continue reading Adventures in High Winds: A Day Out (with soggy boots)

Due to being irritated by the technology of blood sugar sensors all morning (I'm diabetic - and the devices take some getting used to), it took me a while, but I eventually got a bit of a grip on myself and moved from my chair, tidied myself up, and gave Soot the (approaching 21 year … Continue reading This was advertised as a Valentines market…

It was 3°C at 6.55am – and there was frost on car windscreens and the verges when I went out for my exercise... I did 3 laps of our road in 10 minutes and 30 seconds; and inside again – I decided to stay on my bed with the cat (who’d managed to get on … Continue reading Wintery-ness

Our little garden robin - proudly performing his morning wake up call... A really really wintery scene not far down the road... ...and our log fire (the ideal way to keep warm) A spider's hard work - frozen amongst the ivy in the 750 year old church yard at the end of our road I'd … Continue reading The top 10 photos of January