Books I Read In January

I challenged myself this month to find a few different genres to read, trying to get myself out of my regular reading comfort zone. Time Out – Emma Murray I thought this was so good. The focus is the loneliness of parenting, and the constant judgement from parents who seem to know what they are

Friday Face-Off: Classic/Vintage Sci-Fi

Friday Face-Off is a weekly meme originally created by Books by Proxy, and is currently hosted by Lynn’s Books. The idea is to compare different book covers, based on a weekly changing theme. The theme for this week’s Friday Face-Off is classic or vintage sci-fi, and the book I chose is Time Machine written by H.G. Wells.

Photo Thursday

WWW WEDNESDAY – 27 Jan 2021

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Taking On A World Of Words. I have participated in this in the past, and enjoy taking part. The three W’s are: What are you currently reading? What did you finish reading recently? What do you think you will read next? What are you currently reading? I

Getting Back Into Knitting

Knitting is usually one of my happy places, but lately I’ve found myself lacking in both inspiration and desire to pick up the needles and knit something. Maybe it’s just a slump, I’m not sure, but it’s time I get back into some of my hobbies. I have decided to ease my way back into

2021 Knitting Goals

2020 was a mixed bag for me. In some ways, I quite enjoyed the slowness of the early days of lockdown. I enjoyed the extra time I got to spend with my child, the quietness of the neighbourhood, and discovering new places around the neighbourhood to walk. My daughter and I enjoyed the wildlife that

Friday Face-Off: Alien Encounter

Friday Face-Off is a weekly meme originally created by Books by Proxy, and is currently hosted by Lynn’s Books. The idea is to compare different book covers of the same book, based on a weekly changing theme. The theme for this week’s Friday Face-Off is Alien Encounters, and the book I chose is War of

Photo Thursday

WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Taking On A World Of Words. I have been following this for a little while, but have yet to participate, until now. The three W’s are: What are you currently reading? What did you finish reading recently? What do you think you will read next? What are

Lincolnshire Inspired Baby Names

Place names have been popular as baby names for a long time, with names like London, Sydney and Paris being among them. Britain has some interesting names for cities, towns, and villages, that as yet remain uncommon and/or unranked on the baby name popularity charts. British place names are often derived from Saxon, Roman, or