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Category Archives: Garden
Monday’s Meander Round the Garden
I think spring has finally arrived! My Amber & Amethyst garden is beginning to look like a garden. I’ve been buying a few plants on Otley market and Courtyard Planters over the last couple of weeks and today I decided … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Serendipity
Tagged Camellia, catkins, daffodils, hellebores, Spring garden
16 Comments
Monthly Photo Challenge.
Wild Daffodil organises a photo challenge each month. The theme this time is ‘yellow’ Of course at this time of year the first image that springs to mind is daffodils… or primroses…these are just up by our gate to the … Continue reading
Monday’s Meander Around the Garden
Today’s meander around the garden turned into a point and shoot out of the landing window as this is our Easter Monday weather… …snow, again!! Despite the inclement weather this week I have managed to spend a bit of time … Continue reading
Monday’s Meander Around the Garden
After all the bad weather they’ve had here whilst we’ve been sunning ourselves yesterday it was a lovely early spring day. The sun shone all day so even though it was only about 5′ it felt a lot warmer. My … Continue reading
Friday Photo Challenge
I’m back from our holiday just in time for the Friday Photo Challenge organised by Postcard from Gibralter. This weeks theme is Spring…and we’ve got snow forecast again this weekend!! The meme I posted a few weeks ago comes to … Continue reading
Monday’s Meander Around the Garden
It seems a while since I did a proper garden post, not a lot happens over winter! However things are starting to move, spring is on it’s way!! I was away for a couple of days last weekend and it … Continue reading
Friday Photo Challenge
The theme of the photo challenge is set by Postcard from Gibraltar, this week it is green, a nice easy theme, but still not easy to pin it down to one photograph! One thing I love about living where we do … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Photo Challenge, Serendipity
Tagged #postcardfromgibfridayphoto, Spring garden
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Eighteen for 18
It’s the first day of February already, so how have I done in the first month of my Eighteen for 18 challenge… 1 Etsy store opened; Nothing done but have been thinking!! 2 Tutorials; None as yet. 3 Sessions a … Continue reading
Posted in Dressmaking, Eighteen for 18, embroidery, Garden, Serendipity
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2018 Friday Photo Challenge 1
Postcard from Gibralter is hosting a photo challenge this year, it’s along the same lines as the one organised by Nana Cathy last year, I didn’t get myself organised last year but I’m going to try this time! Wild Daffodil is … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Photo Challenge, Serendipity
Tagged #postcardfromgibfridayphoto, garden
5 Comments
Advent has begun!
Yesterday it was the first Sunday in Advent, the day when Christmas officially starts in our house and the first decorations go up. I tend to do Christmas decorations in waves, Advent, then maybe the tree, and finally everything else. … Continue reading


