Birdsong....and Ginny's yarn along

Hello,

Once again joining in with Ginny's yarn along. 

So I am re-reading Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. 

I first read this book several years ago and thought it was quite good 

and decided to have another go at it. 

I think my current opinions on it are very similar to those when I read it the first time. 

"It's quite good" but not a top 10 favourite.

The descriptions of life in the first world war trenches is impressive. 

 Knitting continues to be "those" socks for younger son, but I am on the home run.

 One sock finished, and turned the heel on the second sock so the finishing line is in sight! Yippee!

And today's photo is rather special: I took it outside in warm sunshine, yes, warm sunshine. 

Thank goodness I was working at home today and could nip outside to appreciate even just a few  minutes some very welcome sunshine.

Do have a look at the gorgeous yarn Ginny is using, it reminds me of a green meadow full of summer flowers.  

I hope you have managed to enjoy a bit of sunlight today!

                                                                                  xXx

And P.S. (all non-football-fans look away now): 

well done Leicester City on winning the Premier League!!! 

A walk in the woods

Hello,

I am stripping very old wall paper from our hall today. I am really quite ashamed of our 

hall. We have lived in the house 15 years and we have yet to decorate the hall. 

Sadly, the hall looked pretty shabby when we moved in, badly applied wallpaper, which 

overlapped in places and painted a dirty beige. Over the years we have even stuck photos 

and Christmas decorations up using blue tac which then took away some of the paper 

when we tried to remove them!! So you can imagine how bad it looks.

Anyway, this morning while stripping paper the sun just kept calling me to go outside, 

to go outside and enjoy the bright day. So that is what I did!

We live in a town in  the Midlands: our house is almost at the top of a hill. 

The hedge at the bottom of our garden marks the boundary for the town. 

This is the view of our back garden (goals, rebound nets and washing lines included!). 

My destination was the wood at the top of the picture. You can just make out a greenish
path working its way diagonally across the field from bottom left.

 So I'll take you with me on my walk into the wood.

This area will be a carpet of blue once the bluebells are in bloom. 

I'm pretty sure this tree must be home to some of the woodpeckers we see in the garden 

(green and lesser spotted). They are such shy birds. 

For some reason we always walk round this wood anti-clockwise, 

today we 'branched out' and walked it clockwise! 

We can't be accused of not being adventurous!

Reminders that we are not far from urban life. 

A short diversion into the science park. 

I must come back when the daffodils are in bloom.

What a super place to sit in the summer at lunchtime and contemplate...

Back into the woods. 

The sight of this tree brings back memories of the children and how they used to love to climb on it and make the horizontal branches wobble.  

Tiny homes for tiny woodland folk.  

We are very lucky to have such a beautiful wood so close to explore and enjoy.

And for completeness, here is the view from the front of the house. 

We can see right across the roof tops of town to the countryside beyond. 

It always feels like we live in a house which has its front in town 

and its back in the country!

I hope you enjoyed that short walk, making the most 

of the winter sun and our local wood. 

Wishing you an enjoyable weekend.

Has it been sunny with you too? 

xXx