Corners of my Mind

Here are four things that have amused me and made me smile this week..... 1. Easter Geese - these funny geese planters made me smi...

Now the snow has gone I've been looking around the garden to see which plants have and which plants haven't survived the long winte...

Yesterday we decided to walk at the RSPB's Coombes Valley Nature Reserve.  I realised as we were walking round, slipping in the ice and...

Here are just four of the things that have made me smile this week....... 1.  A new fairy at Trentham Gardens.   We spotted it when w...

We set out to walk along the Trent and Mersey Canal from the Aston Marina.  I took you there around this time last year but then the weathe...

Earlier in the week I was using the vacuum cleaner on the upstairs carpets.  I kept switching on and off, as you do when you have to s...

I think the main topic of conversation and frustration this week has been the weather!  We did manage a walk at Trentham on Monday and a dr...

I woke up at 2.30a.m. and it was so quiet and light I just knew what would be outside.  The weather forecasts were spot on......... .....

It has been a strange sort of week which I seem to have spent dithering about,  being unable to make up my mind about anything or feeling a...

As promised a couple of posts ago I've now written a separate post about St Edmund's church in Castleton.  The church stands just o...

On Wednesday last week we went over to Nottingham to visit friends and from there went for lunch at Felley Priory which is near Underwood...