Daisy, Daisy ......

 

This afternoon the boys had gone to visit their gran and Degz was playing some loud shooting game on the Playstation so I took myself off out for a walk.

I sat down on the damp grass between these beautiful daisies and collected my thoughts ....

Knobs and Knockers .....

 

A few days ago Gabriel asked if we could go on a long walk on Saturday , when I asked where he wanted to go he said Durham. Now we love Durham so I had no qualms about that whatsoever .

Every time we go I take photo's but this time I wanted to take something different from the usual river, cathedral etc so I decided to focus on doors . I most definitely was not spoilt for choice and these are just a few of the more colourful ones . It's not just the doors and the colours but their accessories too. Just check out the knobs and knockers and those lanterns too , aren't they just awesome.

The last one is our 'Hobbit Door' and I always take a picture of this one every time we go passed. A friend of mine does the same and we alternate in posting it on IG just for fun  ..... it's her turn next .

Which one is your favourite?

Flora and Fauna...

On Sunday I took the boys down the park . Whilst they played football I wandered around the ' sensory garden' looking for bugs. Lots of bees ( I must try and learn to identify them ) , quite a few ladybirds, mostly of the 14 spot black/yellow variety ( some trying hard to increase their numbers cough cough ) and a Soldier beetle.
Not a bad afternoons work if you ask me .....

Happy Holidays.

So that's the Easter holidays all done and dusted for another year and to be totally honest I didn't want them to end. Oh yes there was still the fighting and the bickering between the boys, when is there not , but I was quite happy either being at home or going out and about whenever and wherever we fancied.

There was good weather , which gave Gabe the chance to wear his new prescription sunglasses for the first time, and not so good weather which were the days we just hunkered down and pottered around the house or in one case had a trip to the cinema.

I'm looking forward to the Summer oh yes but before that there will be Cow Parsley and Buttercups by the bucket load

and more long walks with these three .

Hendon Beach...

Thank you so much for all the ' welcome backs' , it's so nice to know that I haven't been entirely forgotten. It wouldn't have surprised me if I had to be honest what with having such a long gap . I really appreciate it.
It's hard getting back into the swing of things though isn't it.

One of the things that we've done since I last visited here is to explore a new beach. We are so lucky to live right on the coast and have lots of different bits of beach to go to. This one though I didn't think I'd ever been to although my dad tells me that he used to take me there when I was a lot younger.
On this occasion Milo took one of my older cameras as he likes it when me and him go out by ourselves and just snap away. So the photo above is of him taking a picture of Gabe.

The sky was very ominous that day and we thought several times that we were going to get wet but we were lucky and it held off. This beach has recently been tidied and all the big rocks have been pushed back to act as a breaker of sorts. So there were hardly any treasures to be found as it was totally smooth.

At the minute we are halfway through the second week of the Easter Holidays. We broke up really early and go back the Tuesday after Easter Sunday.
I was at work the first week but have been off this week so we have been out and about making the most of the sunshine. We have had a couple of glorious days , one where I even took my coat off and walked around in short sleeves all day !

 

 This morning when I took Milo to cricket club I actually saw my first swallows of the year. Three of them swooping across the pitch and then darting into the archway where they nest most years. I think they are a bit early this year but it made me so happy to see them. Milo not so much as cricket was cancelled at the last minute due to a double booking of the pitch ... So to make up for his disappointment I'm taking them to the cinema tomorrow.

 

Hopefully I'll see you all again before May 16th .... Happy Easter..