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Friday, 3 January 2020

The rest of 2019

As promised, here is a round up of the last couple of months of 2019.
I need to first mention one more thing that happened in October....

My friend and I went to visit another friend in Cornwall....we took the plane early on the Friday and returned mid day on the Sunday...we had such a good time, lots of walks, laughs and catching up.
The weather on the Saturday was awful, raining all day. We went to an outdoor theatre in the woods Saturday night (the rain had stopped thank goodness!) and Sunday was lovely and sunny.










November

 We went to the Lowry Theatre to see Circus 1903....it was amazing!


 On another day we went to see this fabulous exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool (it is on until 1st March 2020)







 My Andy Goldsworthy inspired artwork in the garden.....Milo wasn't that impressed!



 Then we were back another evening at the Lowry. This time to see Squeeze and Heaven 17 



 There was a trip to Lego Land in Manchester with class 1....

 My mother in law came for a short visit and we took her to Bankfield to see the costumes




 Then one very cold day and night we drove to visit some friends and go to Wentworth Woodhouse to the WE Wonder Noir Festival....a thought provoking event about climate change.....it was blooming cold though!










I attended the first of a monthly Life Drawing class at Gallery Oldham.....



We went to stay with my sister in law and her hubby in Harrogate one weekend to help get in the Christmas spirit and we visited the Christmas market there.






A misty local walk...


I started to infuse some gin with Cranberries and orange for Christmas Presents..

 Class 3 planted bulbs on the edge of the school playing field....

 And we had our annual Remembrance service up at church



 The chrysanthemums in the greenhouse put on a show as the temperatures outside the dropped.




And we reach the end of November.....next catch up post will be a long one all about December!

Tuesday, 31 December 2019

2019 review

I have not quite finished telling you about 2019 yet but as is customary here on my blog I have spent a few hours making collages of my photos to show you some of the high lights from 2019.
It has been an up and down year for us but through out it all my hubby has been amazing. 
January
January saw us starting the year as we usually do....walking. We also had some snow and enjoyed the odd G&T!
February
February saw a mini trip to Whitby and Saltburn by the sea, more walking and a bit more snow!
March
More days out this time to the theatre with my mum, a workshop at Shed 76 and a half to make a diorama, baking and learning to do an etching print.

April

April and I spent my birthday with friends at the Take That concert, a garden tour with my mum, a few days away in North Wales and motor racing at Oulton Park. We started to spend some time in the garden.

May
May and a couple of trips to the theatre, more motor racing this time at Donnington and a get together to eat and talk wedding cakes. I made pizzas and drank prosecco with friends and had a day out in St Anne's with my mum.

June
June was very busy....a family wedding, 'Iron Man' with friends at Wentworth Woodhouse, a Cats Protection Tea Party in our garden, our school's village carnival, the Handmade parade in Hebden Bridge and friends visiting from the USA.

July
July saw us back at Wentworth Woodhouse this time for the WE Festival, a trip to the park with my mum and her dog, lots of time spent in the garden and the beginning of our holiday in Norfolk.

August
August was the end of our holiday in Somerset, The local Agricultural Show, I was busy painting a tree in school, more produce and time spent in the garden, a day trying out the wedding cake for a wedding in October, a few days away in North Yorkshire with my mum, the Industrial museum in Halifax and an exhibition at the Piece hall and finishing off with the Gold Cup at Oulton Park!
September
September was busy too with time spent in the garden, an afternoon tea at Davenports with my mum, Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show and a nice meal with family down there. we also had a day out in Manchester and the local Rushbearing.
October
Cornwall October 2019
Venice October 2019
October was so so busy.....
1940's weekend at Pickering, time spent with the cats in the garden, a few days away in Cornwall with good friends and a fantastic four nights five days in Venice with Hubby
November
Preparations were on for Christmas, we obtained a milkman, WE Festival Noir and a trip to see the new fashion exhibition at Bankfield Museum.

December
We arrived at December.....Christmas, trips to see the lights at The Albert Dock Liverpool, homemade Christmas gifts, and Christmas tree festivals.
Baking in 2019
Making in 2019
So we finished the end of this year......this decade with lots of winter walks. I will be back before the end of the year with a post about the last couple of months of 2019.
but until then-

HAPPY NEW YEAR!