I took quite a few photographs whilst we were exploring Whinlatter Forest, you can read about our trip here. I was intrigued by how even in the shadows of the forest there were bright areas illuminated by the varying colours of the overgrown foliage. Most of the photographs were taken whilst I was walking which is why they are a little blurred but I quite … Continue reading Light and Darkness In The Wild Wild Wood
In the last of my series of posts about some of my favourite places I thought I’d show you Talkin Tarn. I don’t go very often as when it’s a cold day it is very cold there. The Tarn is a glacial lake, little boats go on it, ducks, swans, sheep and other wildlife are all present. There’s a forest area and a little cafe … Continue reading Talkin Tarn
A few years ago my husband and I went to Barcelona for a long weekend in February and it was lovely not only was the weather wonderfully warm but I hadn’t expected it to be as beautiful a city. I certainly didn’t expect to see Palm trees and parrots flying around as though they were pigeons i.e. no one noticed or seemed bothered by them … Continue reading Barcelona… What a Beautiful Place
As you can see from the title this is part 2 of a post I wrote a few days ago. Part 1 can be found clicking the following link Water Ducks and Mountains In Part 2 I wanted to just show some more photographs of Keswick because it truly is lovely and I have visited quite often and therefore have more beautiful photographs. I love … Continue reading Water Ducks and Mountains Part 2
The UK may not always be so lucky with the weather (Storm Doris for instance and I heard last night Storm Ewan is on the way to parts of Ireland) – and we may not have many months, weeks or sometimes even consecutive days of hot British summer however we still have some lovely beaches to visit. One such beach is St Bees in Cumbria … Continue reading Beach Life
Asking Monkey what he wants to see or do can at times involve a challenge of how to meet his requests. Last summer Monkey asked if we could go on a boat trip. I wasn’t sure where to go at first but then I remembered a recent conversation I had recently had with work colleagues. We had been talking about places to visit in the … Continue reading Boat Trip
I have never understood why this one place in the Lake District always attracts me to it the most especially since there are many other beautiful places in the Lake District. Perhaps it is because it has all three things I like to look at – water, ducks and mountains. I have been here so many times as a child, as an adult, with … Continue reading Water Ducks and Mountains
“The big park, the big park!!!” For the next few posts I’d like to take you on a little journey of some of my favourite places and show some of my photographs I have of these places. This post is a park which my eldest refers to as the big park due to it being the largest we tend to visit . I’ve been there … Continue reading A Walk In The Park
Happiness when I was a child was only a pencil crayon or paintbrush away. Since having children I have a forever overflowing supply of art equipment including paint, sponge shapes to paint with, confetti shapes, various colours and sizes of paper, glitter… However Monkey has never been that keen of paint and has preferred to make things that he can cut bits out of and … Continue reading Little Artists
My turn, my turn, you win, roll the dice, buzzzzzz – all familiar sounds of many people’s childhood playing board games/family games. At the weekend my son Monkey age 8 asked if I would play Buckaroo with him (it’s a donkey that you have to balance items such as spade, hat etc on it’s saddle without it bucking them all off hence the name). I … Continue reading Traditional Family Games
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