Corners of my Mind

Yesterday morning we drove over to Bakewell. We followed our usual route through Ipstones, Warslow, Hartington, Monyash and into Bakewell. ...

The first roses of the year are always the yellow ones. In the list of 'The Meaning of Flowers' it says that the yellow rose indica...

On Sunday, after an invigorating walk around Trentham Lake, we decided to pop down to the Wedgwood Visitor Centre at Barlaston - just a shor...

I just thought you would like to see this photo. I went out yesterday into the damp, misty and rain filled garden and found them. I always...

I've just finished reading the book below. Written by Carol Lake in the 1980s and published in 1989 it is a series of stories about the...

As we had to stay around home because of Max we spent most of yesterday in the garden. I mowed the lawns and weeded some of the flower beds...

Yesterday Max had to go into the vets to get his teeth sorted out. He ended up having several extractions as well as a scale and polish. W...

So Waterstones want us to vote for our favourite book of the last twenty five years. They have presented a list of one hundred to choose f...

Yesterday was our twenty eighth wedding anniversary. Funny to think that I spent the first twenty eight years of my life unmarried and the ...

Apart from being St. George’s Day, today is thought to be not only the date of the birth of William Shakespeare in 1564 but also the da...

Two things have caused me concern over the last couple of days. On Friday I read in the local paper that the main post office in Hanley (t...

Just a quick post today. I mentioned a few weeks ago that I'd had a photo accepted for Doorways Around the World - well here it is...

By strange I don’t mean weird but just sort of unexpected or coincidental. The first thing happened a few days ago when we’d been to the su...

One of my favourite shrubs is in flower at the moment. At this time of year the Bridal Wreath ( Spiraea Arguta ) is covered in heavy white...

What do you do on Friday 13th? You visit the remains of some Neolithic Chamber tombs - well, we did anyway as part of our continuing explor...

Isn't it exciting when you finally visit a place that you've passed by many times wondering what it would be like beyond the entranc...

A couple of photos from Poole's Cavern, I've managed to upload them but am now having problems again. I actually sat down and watche...

Easter Greetings Firstly, I want to wish everyone reading this a happy and peaceful Easter holiday. In my last post I promised more photos o...

On Saturday we set out early to try and walk a bit more of the High Peak Trail. You will remember from previous posts that we had already d...

Yesterday I was able to cut some of the first rhubarb of the season. I must admit that it isn't one of my absolute favourite fruits; th...