Hello! And sorry it's been so long. I just wanted to pop in briefly and say I am still here - it's just that here the school summer break is full on Toby time, and he remains my focus until school starts up again on September 4th. Even so I have had my camera handy and have captured some favourite moments from the last month...
- countryside walking - finding breathtakingly fabulous fields of jewel-bright poppies;
- sky watching - for clouds, techni-colour sunsets, vintage planes and the red kites that have recently moved into the area;
- bug finding - newly emerged ladybirds, hoverflies and swallow-tail moths;
- knitting - mostly socks because they are undemanding, but there are a few more things on my needles that I'll share soon;
- pic-nicing with Amy, revisiting Hatfield house (after our first visit this time last year) for a lovely day together;
Today it's pouring with much needed rain, so Toby and I are having a lazy day - he's watching cbeebies shows on tv and I'm writing this. If the weather is better tomorrow we'll be off on a welly-boot woodland adventure - it's good to get him out and about but overall he's coping pretty well with the lack of routine. I do think though that we'll both be ready for when school starts up again 3 weeks and once he's back into routines I'll have time to call mine again so I'll see you then with some updates on what I've been working on. Hope the rest of August is good for you xxx