Where did the week go?

365 Project January 10th

I did mean to do a post mid week but time went too fast and before I knew it it was the weekend.


365 Project January 11th

So here are my week's worth of photos for the 365 Project.

365 Project January 12th

I am looking at things in school in a different way. (10th and 12th)


365 Project January 13th

 and of course the way to and from school is always an inspiration.


365 Project January 14th

I took some flowers to my mum on Friday and I just had to capture their cheerfulness!

365 Project January 15th

But this weekend has been none stop wind, rain and grey skies. Not much to inspire me at all.

365 Project January 16th

 that was until we went out to lunch with some friends today and my dessert inspired me-it was very yummy!


Add caption

These were some presents for friends. The posh chocolate drops have a lovely floral design on them and I popped them into mugs that were a bargain from Tesco.
I can't add any more photos as I have ran out of space with Google. I have ordered more so normal service should be resumed soon.

Have a good week everyone!

back to normal...



365 Project January 1st

...or as normal as it's going to be for now!

365 Project January 2nd

I went back to school on Wednesday and this was a shock to the system!

365 Project January 3rd

Going to work in the dark and coming home on the dark makes taking photos a bit of a problem.

365 Project January 4th

This has made the 365 Project more of a challenge than I anticipated.

365 Project January 5th

It limits the time I can take them and taking them during the day while I am at work is not really an option. It will be better when the daylight hours are longer.

365 Project January 6th

I have downloaded my photos onto the 365 Project website too but I will also put them here on my blog.


365 Project January 7th

This may mean as the weeks go on I will use photos taken for my blog and will also use them for the project but I will try and not show them twice.

365 Project January 8th

The Scavenger Hunt I think is going to be a better challenge for me. I already have one ticked off and you only need to find 12. Lots of people are joining in with the scavenger hunt too.


365 Project January 9th

So these are my photos for the project so far.
Other things this week-
The rooms are also getting back to normal. We have lovely new bedding in the large spare bedroom.


lovely pretty bedding

We have had snow, sleet, fog, rain, and sunshine this week and feel winter still has a tight grip on us.

Spring feels a long way off.



My lovely bag

Hubby bought me a lovely bag for Christmas from the German Market. it is so well made and has a beautiful flower brooch on one side and a button and pocket on the other.

Photography challenge

I am Joining Kathy on two Photographic challenges this year.

I will try my best with both and hope you enjoy what I come up with. The first is a photographic Scavenger Hunt.

Each month there is a list and you have to take a photo to illustrate each thing on the list. You have a month to find a photo for each and then show them at the end of each month. Here is January's list.

January's Scavenger Hunt List :
1. an abandoned building

2. a stained glass window

3. a goldfish

4. yarn

5. playground equipment

6. a library

7. a tombstone over 100 years old

8. your front door

9. a reflective surface ... not a mirror

10. something out of place

11. nature

12. bubbles

The other challenge has been going for a few years. I already carry my camera everywhere so this in theory should be easy! You  take a photo everyday. This illustrates your day. I am also uploading a photo a day onto the 365 Project website.  I think I will do what Kathy suggests and show you at the end of each week (Sunday night?) my weeks worth of photos. I can't decide whether to make a mosaic out of each weeks worth of photos or not?



<><>

<><>

Time for a snooze on a warm knee

Do you fancy joining us on one or both of these challenges?

Yesterday we went to the Yorkshire dales for the day. It takes about one and a half hours from our house to Settle.

I have blogged about Settle before as it is one of our favourite places to visit. (Blogger playing up today so sorry if the photos are mixed up a bit!)

After a bite to eat at the Naked Man Cafe and a much needed hot chocolate we headed off to Malham.

We parked in the village then walked up the lane rather than the footpath to the cove.


Long and winding road-up hill!

The lane winds up to the left of the cove and there are footpaths off the lane at the top that lead you to the limestone pavement at the top of the cove.

We passed a frozen dew pond where the highland cattle were drinking at a small hole in the ice.

Onto the pavement where we looked at the information board which had this lovely quote describing the limestone perfectly.

"Where flinty clints are scraped bone-bare

A whale's ribs glint in the sun"

Norman Nicholson

If you are a fan of the Harry Potter films you may recognise it as one of the places Harry and Hermione set up camp in the latest film.

Plants survive the harsh conditions by staying low and growing in the grykes in between the clints.

As the light was going we made our way down the steps into the cove.

It was a great view from up there though!
It was dark by the time we got back to the village and headed for home.

A New Year

Welcome to 2011

We started the year not thinking about the extension, the cleaning or the tidying.

We decided to go for a walk on New Years Day.

It was a very, very dull and grey day here but I still took my camera to take some photos.

They were so uninspiring that I spent the afternoon today 'playing' with them using various websites, Picnik being a good one.

I played with some but left others as they were.



Oxgrains Packhorse Bridge

We discovered a beautiful Packhorse bridge just up the road from us. A single arch stone bridge over Oxgrains Clough and is about 9 foot wide. Wool, cotton, finished cloth, salt, lime, coal and other goods were carried by horses in panniers on their backs. There are many packhorse routes and bridges in the area. So as not to hinder the horses' packs, the bridges normally had a low parapet or no parapet at all.


The A627 a new road to replace the packhorse route

From the early 19th Century, the turnpikes and then the canals quickly replaced the packhorse routes; a single canal boat could carry the same load as 600 pack horses.

Hull Mill Pond



Confused ducks

We drove onto Saddleworth for a walk around Hull Mill Pond where the ducks were confused with the ice.

Looking towards Castleshaw

It blew away the cobwebs and was a good start to the year.

We seem to have missed autumn and early winter this time, so now the house is getting back to normal we plan to get our walking boots out a little more.


Footpath Steps



In the little village of Delph, on a lane called Sandbed Lane, stands a gas lamp. It has been burning and lighting the little lane for as long as anyone can remember. As we walked passed it, it was getting dusk and there it was, burning bright.