Five Happy Things In January

1. SNOW! Only a little sprinkling but still enough to make things look exceedingly pretty
2. Days off work with slow tasty brunches
3. Mia being puppy-like as ever with her menagerie of friends
4. Toasting my Grandad's 92nd birthday with our favourite local Gin, Silent Pool
5. The first spring bulbs bursting into colour and scent

Welcome 2017!

Hello and a very happy (belated!) new year to you! I hope it is off to a good start, I have unfortunately been laid up with a nasty flu-like virus since Christmas Day (fabulous timing!) so it's been bed rest and box sets, not all bad news! I was dying to get some fresh air so managed to stagger round the woods and admire the winter landscape, Mia was kissing the ground to get out of the house at last! These sunny but chilly days are my favourite, particularly when there's no need to de-ice the car (my least favourite domestic job after ironing, booooo!). I am hoping to get back to feeling my usual self very soon, with an army of vitamins and a rainbow or fruit and veg to the rescue, so I hope to be back with some news! 

After my Macbook decided to keel over I haven't been blogging as much in 2016 as much as I would have liked too, I find processing a blog post on an iPad very annoying, but I really want to be back chatting with you a lot more! Promise!

Thanks for reading,

Katie

A Sprinkle Of Snow

We only had a small sprinkling of the white stuff over my way, but it was enough to give the garden a much needed facelift after the endless rain ruining the lawn and turning the Shepherds Hut into a houseboat! Mia was less than impressed at the snow flurry and refused to saunter outside, so my "Mia's First UK Snow Day" video attempt was in vain! I love the Brit's obsessed with weather, I'm the first to warn others of black ice (bloody death trap!!!) or other such dramatics, I just can't help myself! Whereever I went this week, the topic on everyones lips remained 'OOOOH ISN'T IT COLD!" which I was more than happy to chime in with, I just wish I hadn't of misplaced my waterproof gloves, de-icing the car was most painful without them! (Have I mentioned how cold it was???) Meanwhile the rest of the week comprised of clearing out more clutter, long dog walks with Mia making lots of new friends, and trying to ease myself into some healthier eating as the Christmas food stock has nearly diminished - sad times! 

 Wishing you a wonderful weekend! Thanks for popping by,

Katie

Welcome 2016

Happy New Year! I hope you are having a great start to January, it arrived with such beautiful bright skies and the promise of crisp frosty mornings...but quickly descended into torrential rain and horrible mist, how jolly! It's always good to blow away to cobwebs between Christmas and New Year (even though I am always happy to be a hermit at home!) and luckily by living across from a nature reserve I get the perfect daily opportunity! I have been giving my plans for this year some careful thought, 2015 was actually a very content year for me and I feel I've come a long way compared to the last couple of years, so I am not overloading myself with resolutions yet! Although I am never a fan of New Years Eve, I do love waking up New Years Day with the potential of a whole fresh year stretching in front of you, and cracking open that brand new diary and using your very best pen for that first page, it's the little things!

No doubt I will be back soon to set some resolutions! I am currently in the midst of more building work at home so I doubt my week will be too peaceful, but I wish you a lovely rest of the week!

Katie

Winter Woodland Wanderings!

I'm sad to say that my faithful Yashica T3 has given up the ghost this week! There may still be hope if we take it apart...but at least the last roll in it was a good one! These were from Mine and Bruce's and Thom's woodland walk after New Year, Thom was trying out his recently purchased (from Bruce) Mamiya! Its our usual Hargate Forest route in Tunbridge Wells, you can't beat it!

And then the snow came of course! So here's the last picture the poor little Yashica managed to take:

Lets hope it makes a full recovery! For now, the Olympus will come to the rescue! Hope you're having a good week....it's just started snowing again!