more photos and a bit of twitching

365 Project 24th January

This week we have been very busy at school but I have still managed to take a photo a day for the 365 Project. We had an artist in school working with years 4,5, and 6 on Monday and Tuesday. The children really enjoyed smashing up tiles to make Roman Mosaics.


365 Project January 25th

On Tuesday I went to Halifax to pick up a parcel and as I walked back to the car in the rain I looked back and the street looked golden!

365 Project January 26th



365 Project 27th January

The sunsets and sunrises always take my breath away and I find them beautiful. This one was taken just as I left school on Thursday.


365 Project January 28th

And this one was taken as I got out of the car on Friday morning.

365 Project 29th January

Then yesterday we went shopping to John Lewis in Cheadle. We got some samples of fabric for our blinds and a lovely new slow cooker-I'm going to have fun playing with that! Today we went for a good long walk. We parked in Heptonstall and walked up through the village.


365 Project January 30th

Through the churchyard

and then we walked along the valley top, through the woods.

The sun was starting to go down as we headed back to the car.

I was up early this morning, fed the birds and made myself a coffee....

and settled down on the spare room bed to sit for a whole hour.

Lucy came to help.

It's not often you get to spend a whole hour looking out of the window but I was doing just that. I was doing the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch. I do it every year and love watching the birds for an hour. There was the usual suspects this year, blackbirds, blue tits and collared doves but no sparrows this year. We did get Britain's smallest bird a gold crest also a wren and a nuthatch and a couple of cheeky starlings and bright coloured great tits, bullfinches, chaffinches and robins.


Old Heptonstall Church

Another week closer......

365 Project January 17th

.....to spring!


365 Project January 18th

I will start with my photos for this week's 365 Project.

365 Project January 19th

School has again been inspirational.

365 Project January 20th

People thought these were post-it notes but they are actually 1cm square pieces of paper that my class were using to make paper mosaics on Thursday.

365 Project January 21st

I have also managed to get a few nice shots on the way home with some fantastic skies captured.

365 Project January 22nd

Then on Friday I bought a bunch of yellow tulips and daffodils and on Saturday and Sunday watched as their gladness opened and brought a smile to my face.

365 Project January 23rd

I always wait until January before I buy my first bunch of daffodils as I feel it's wrong to get them before Christmas. Then I buy them every week until they disappear from the shops.They are my favourite flower.
The 365 Project has at least given me something to show you again this week. I am struggling with the Photo Scavenger Hunt though. I think I only have 4 out of the 12 ticked off so far. I have next weekend to run around like a mad thing to get some more!

The sitting room (was the dining room)

We had family round this weekend and enjoyed showing them the new rooms.

The new dining room (was the conservatory and part of the kitchen.)

The joiner comes back in the middle of February to finish off some shelving in my workroom and the new sitting room.


The en suite

We still have loads of stuff in storage so the walls, window sills and shelves are a little bare.

The new hallway

But we are enjoying it after all that mess and noise.

I had lots of comments on my previous post about the cat study. I agree with you, Lucy sleeps for most of the day, I can't believe it's only 6% of her time!

One morning on the way to work I had to stop to photograph the cloud, it lay in the valley below and the hills looked like islands in a white sea.

Now I am using the lack of a workroom as an excuse for not having done anything crafty. I hope to get my Craft Mojo back as soon as possible.

Have a good week everyone!

Day in the life of a cat

In the weekend newspaper I found these results of a study about house cats. Now we have a cat flap but Lucy is 14 years old and I don't think she bothers to go outside that much, especially in winter so I guess she is almost a house cat.

The Cats in the study spent-

6% of their time sleeping

4% of their time eating or looking at food

53% of their time was spent either looking out of the window

or sitting around the house (not asleep)

12% of their time they spent interacting with other pets (or in Lucy's case the bathroom rug)

8% of their time they spent climbing on furniture

6% spent looking at computers or televisions

6% hiding under tables

5% of their time spent playing with their toys

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!


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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.