March

We had a late dusting of snow at the beginning of the month - in fact on the first day of spring!

Someone had a birthday

I completed a couple of jigsaw puzzles (I'm only doing 1000 piece puzzles now, and doing them in the studio, out of harm's way).

I bought a trellis for the side of the garage wall, GM has since fixed it in position.

 I bought a new pair of joggers, size medium, and they're a comfortable fit, yippee

The horrid kitchen tap that we inherited when we bought the house has now been replaced with a brand spanking new one, so much more user-friendly.

 

I've been crocheting squares for another blanket for GD4. Can you guess her favourite colour?

 

How was your month?

February

The month started with a couple of anniversaries, firstly GM and I celebrated being together as a couple for 37 years on 3rd, and we celebrated 3 years of being in our forever home at no. 43 on 4th. As these two days fell on Saturday and Sunday this year, we decided to take a short weekend break in Ferndown, where we hired a chalet from Friday to Monday. Fortunately, as we were in the middle of a forest, the weather was kind to us. No wind, no rain, but not a lot of sunshine either.

During the rest of the month there were jigsaw puzzles, a walk to the canal (I've never seen it so full!), visiting granddaughters, the side gate was rehung to open towards the house, things are starting to happen in the yarden, I had a close shave in the town carpark, bought some new sheets, and packed up and sent off the lint saved from my dryer.

How was your February?

January

Late last year I fell out of love with my blog, whilst I still have lots of followers, I don't actually have that many readers, which saddens me a bit.

However, I'm going to ignore my thoughts of simply not bothering at all, and do a post a month for the moment. This is how my January panned out, with a newly completed blanket, a cuppa with a friend, new neighbours, some new worms for my compost bin, a local walk, and a trip to London for lunch with PJ.

Having been losing weight steadily since last July, lots of my clothes are now too big for me.

How was your January?

Week Two, the one when it rained for 99.9% of the time (or so it seemed)

 Last weekend we had a post-festive season family get-together, which you can read about here.

A fun time was enjoyed by all.

My New Year's declutter project, in which one object per day is decluttered, got off to a good start, the first seven items went to the charity shop, as well as a book that was sold and posted, a box of bubble-wrap donated to next-door neighbours who'll be moving soon, and some Flamingo envelopes sold to a nearby trader. Here's the first charity shop donation.

It certainly seems as if it's been raining for most of the week, roads out from the Marsh towards Holt and Bradford on Avon are currently closed due to flooding, but we did enjoy a couple of colourful sunsets, this being one of them.

We're considering replacing our TV set with a larger one, and in order to facilitate that, Green Man has purchased a new TV stand to replace this one.

The hyacinths didn't make it into flower in time for the festivities, but they're out now, one nearly over, one just right, and one still to open fully - they smell divine.

I've finished the knitting part of the hooped sweater, just need to complete the laborious task of stitching it together now.

Raindrops on the Yarden room window

After our family get-together I stayed overnight with Ginger One, this was my early morning view

I'm making another batch of my own sugar-free version of baked beans. This is the first step, boiling up the dried beans, the full recipe can be read here

My step count for the week