England smells of Autumn!

You know that feeling when you wake up on a winters' morning, and before you've even got out of bed you know that the world outside is covered in a thick blanket of snow. You haven't yet looked, but there is a change in light and sound, a stillness, that excites you (well me at…

Nonna Thursday.

My weeks are passing really quickly at the moment going from one Nonna Thursday to the next. Its not long before I'm parking my Beetle 'Daisy' outside my sons house and Sebbie is standing on the sofa, looking out of the window, full of excitement for another 'Nonna bursday'.  I crouch down outside so I'm…

Pigeon in a storm!

It was raining yesterday afternoon in the Peaks. It was a much needed storm to break the heaviness of the warm climate we have been enjoying over the last few weeks. I'm certain that gardeners everywhere were saying it was a blessing, and those who have been struggling in the heat would have welcomed the…

Green England Proof

Last week I wrote a blog about 'Green England'. Today Daisy and I, whilst thoroughly enjoying some time together on a beautiful warm june day thought we would share some of that 'Green England' with you. The Hawthorn is sheer heaven, ive never seen it looking so amazing and didnt realize till now how much…

A CHRISTMOUSE TALE JOURNEY.

A few Christmases ago I posted a poem on my blog that I had written for Arlo, my first grandchild. He loved the poem, and the book I made him that Christmas has been kept safely in his Christmas book bag and brought out each year. At the beginning of 2022 I decided to look…

Peak District Summer Soltice

For some crazy reason an alarm was set for 3.30 am this morning but I think when you look through the photos you will probably agree that it was well worth the sacrifice! Im told by some that 'its all down hill from today' but I would like to think that Summer is just beginning…

Happy Birthday Olive.

Being a grandparent is surprisingly lovely, although I still have to pinch myself to believe that I am one. I cant believe that this little baby girl has reached her first birthday already and that Arlo who is soon to be 4 now has a baby brother 'Sebbie Rafe' who is just 5 months old.…