Watching my teenage kids giggle as they played Monopoly together.
Smiling to see my elderly neighbour set off un the dark to visit a housebound lady in the village.
Realising that however big our problems feel there is always someone worse off than ourselves and we have a lot to be thankful for.
Sunday, 15 November 2015
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
30 Days Wild - Day 2
Pushing up Daisies -Day Two
As I sat at traffic light this morning I noticed that the grass verges (which were nothing more than scrub land surrounding an industrial estate) were full of ox eye daisies.They looked really pretty and they're easy to grow.I bought a packet a few years ago and they pop up everywhere where now.In fact I recently planted some wild flower seeds round our village in the RHS Grow wild scheme and noticed that they are native wild flowers to the
UK
Today I'll be transplanting a few to an area I intend to turn into a wild flower meadow.
Here's a little information about them and if you fancy trying to grow a meadow yourself.How about
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/5623401/How-to-grow-an-ox-eye-daisy-meadow.html
As I sat at traffic light this morning I noticed that the grass verges (which were nothing more than scrub land surrounding an industrial estate) were full of ox eye daisies.They looked really pretty and they're easy to grow.I bought a packet a few years ago and they pop up everywhere where now.In fact I recently planted some wild flower seeds round our village in the RHS Grow wild scheme and noticed that they are native wild flowers to the
UK
Today I'll be transplanting a few to an area I intend to turn into a wild flower meadow.
Here's a little information about them and if you fancy trying to grow a meadow yourself.How about
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/5623401/How-to-grow-an-ox-eye-daisy-meadow.html
Monday, 1 June 2015
30 Days Wild - Day 1
Walk in the Rain
I went for a walk in the rain today.I 'm a fair weather girl really but I thought "so what, I'm supposed to be going wild!"
So I put on my wellies and waterproof trousers, on went my anorak, then I picked up my trusty camera and went outside.
Rain was pouring out the down spout and the green watering can was floating backwards and forwards in the water gathered in the wheel barrow like a ship out at sea.
Water dripped off the shed in front of the shiny leaved rhodedendron and water droplets nestled in the achimilla mollis.
A great tit clung to a hanging coconut shell oblivious to the rain and a blackbird pulled worms fro the damp soil as I walked down the grass track.
Hens huddled under a corrugated iron roof to take shelter from the rain, although the ducks were in their element sploshing about in the puddles.
The track is full of frothy cow parsley at the moment- it's late this year and this rain will probably batter it but at the moment it looks like the floral decoration for a country wedding, in-dispersed with buttercups and vetch.
The hills across the estuary were hardly visible through the curtain of rain although the colours close to were full and rich.
The village lane was empty,everyone huddled in their cottages, all that is apart from a neighbour who had stopped his car and was passing the time of day with a local gardener, returning early from his duties! They smiled and looked at me sympathetically as I looked out from under my dripping hood through the mist of my glasses.Perhaps I should wear a sign saying "I've gone Wild!"
I went for a walk in the rain today.I 'm a fair weather girl really but I thought "so what, I'm supposed to be going wild!"
So I put on my wellies and waterproof trousers, on went my anorak, then I picked up my trusty camera and went outside.
Rain was pouring out the down spout and the green watering can was floating backwards and forwards in the water gathered in the wheel barrow like a ship out at sea.
Water dripped off the shed in front of the shiny leaved rhodedendron and water droplets nestled in the achimilla mollis.
A great tit clung to a hanging coconut shell oblivious to the rain and a blackbird pulled worms fro the damp soil as I walked down the grass track.
Hens huddled under a corrugated iron roof to take shelter from the rain, although the ducks were in their element sploshing about in the puddles.
The track is full of frothy cow parsley at the moment- it's late this year and this rain will probably batter it but at the moment it looks like the floral decoration for a country wedding, in-dispersed with buttercups and vetch.
The hills across the estuary were hardly visible through the curtain of rain although the colours close to were full and rich.
The village lane was empty,everyone huddled in their cottages, all that is apart from a neighbour who had stopped his car and was passing the time of day with a local gardener, returning early from his duties! They smiled and looked at me sympathetically as I looked out from under my dripping hood through the mist of my glasses.Perhaps I should wear a sign saying "I've gone Wild!"
Sunday, 3 March 2013
Oyster Catcher Extravaganza!
- Thousands of oyster catchers fly up in front of me as I walk along the beach
- The sea is calm and the sea groins are reflected on its surface as it creeps over the final metres of sand
- A sea of snowdrops under the trees!
Sunday, 17 February 2013
Stroll on Sunday!
- Donkeys on the beach in the sunshine!
- Sucking ice lollies on the beach after an energetic walk along the coast!
- Picking up my son from a wonderful weekends camping!
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Snow Dog!
- Walking over the fields in the snow to the Doctors surgery
- Supervising my twelve year old as she made pancakes for tea.
- Watching the dogs as they frolicked in the fields around the church.
Friday, 8 February 2013
Best Step forward!
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| Snowdrops in the Churchyard |
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| Snowdrops by the beck |
- The snow drops are out and I saw my first celandine today
- Several people in the village heard me speak about Autism on radio Cumbria and it related to them personally!
- 9075 steps with my new pedometer when training for the Coniston2Barrow today. Only 925 more and I have covered the recommended daily amount of steps to keep fit!
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