Post Comment Love & the new Blogger Showcase 19-21 August 2016

Hello and welcome to another week of Post Comment Love. If you linked up last week, it was lovely to see you and if you're new here, hello and welcome!

It's been the week I started my new job and my local commute to Greenwich. This week I've done that on foot and it's been lovely so far, rain is forecast for today so hopefully that won't be too bad. I spent lunch one day in Greenwich Market completely mesmerised by this sculpture while eating what was essentially a deep-fried pizza. Very nice it was too, if not a little odd, but of course I managed!

'ENCOMPASS' AT GREENWICH MARKET BY MICHAEL SPELLER

'ENCOMPASS' AT GREENWICH MARKET BY MICHAEL SPELLER

Introducing our new Blogger Showcase

If you're a regular here then you'll know each week Morgan and I usually feature a new blogger in our Newbie Showcase section. Well now we're opening that up to any blogger and we're hoping that some of our regular linkers will be among those - and some of the first - to take part in our Blogger Showcase. 

If you're interested in taking part then get in touch with Morgan and I and we'll explain more. Although, like the Newbie Showcase you'll need to get your information to us before we schedule your date, that makes our Thursday evenings a lot less stressful.

Post Comment Love & Newbie Showcase 12-14 August 2016

Hello and welcome to another week's Post Comment Love, or #PoCoLo, it's great to see you again and both Morgan and I are looking forward to see what posts you have in store for us this week. I'm still reading last week's posts and all the time I thought I'd have while I'm in-between jobs has disappeared, I'm not sure where.

MOH has had some time off this week too and we've spent a couple of days filling the skip which arrived Tuesday. Yesterday and today, and most probably tomorrow will all be about filling the skip with earth. And carrying it in trugs through the house. Yesterday there were twenty eight trugs worth, which doesn't sound too much. Until you're carrying them, that is. 

And because we're cutting the circles in our grass for real, there's been a string to get the shapes right rather than freestyling it as before. We're getting there, but it's hard work - and that's part of the reason I've been quieter this week.  All that physical work is making me ready for my bed at the end of the day!

Newbie Showcase: Claire from Now my Name is Mummy


I'm Claire - wife, new mother, worrier & avocado lover. I’m a 28 year old first time Mum to my beautiful baby boy who was born in January 2016.  I started blogging at Now my Name is Mummy, because time is passing so quickly, Henry is changing everyday, learning new skills, developing his cheeky little personality and generally amazing me.

Claire from Now my Name is Mummy

Writing helps me reflect on the sometimes chaotic days we spend together and I hope he will enjoy looking back on it when he’s older and for us to remember our first years together.

The blogging community is lovely, so supportive and welcoming and I really hope people enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing. 

Here's my favourite posts:

Connect with Claire here:

Blog  -  Facebook  -  Instagram  -  Twitter  -  Bloglovin'

Post Comment Love 5-7 August 2016

Hello there and welcome back to Post Comment Love, a friendly linky where you can link any post you've published in the past week. I have six days off in between jobs and lots of plans for that time. Today I've got some time for pottering and shopping, the weekend we'll be getting ready for the circle work in the garden. Monday I'm heading into the City for a couple of lunches with friends and Tuesday the skip arrives. For the rest of the week our focus will be making sure the skip is full of earth and other stuff before it's due to be collected and before other people get the idea of using it for their junk!  

And in all of that we've got to make some repairs to the one of the old compost bins on the allotment as the back fell off and is now blocking the path. When the back fell off most of the earth fell out too, and it was picked up on the plot inspection so it's something we have to get sorted. Our make-do storage bench is almost falling apart too so that needs some TLC, some glue and some bolts!

We've had some successes on the plot though. We're currently picking raspberries, runner beans and chard. I've dug up a lot of potatoes and there's more to come, and I'm keenly watching some courgettes develop. There's tomatoes on the way too and my cucumbers in the greenhouse are tiny, but I do have some cucumbers.

On the plot one evening our plot neighbour appeared clutching three small cucumbers, which she thrust into my hand saying they were for me, well eventually I worked out that's what she meant. I'm not sure what we've done to deserve them - they're similar to the ones in the picture below - and I'm equally unsure how she's managed to grow them to the size they are already, and outside too, but I'm going to enjoy eating them!

Image from Unsplash

Image from Unsplash

Newbie Showcase: Lucy from Lucy at Home

Lucy first clicked publish on her blog, Lucy at Home, three months ago and now she's hooked. She's a stay at home mummy to two little girls and on her blog she shares honest and positive parenting posts.

She's in the blogging world to make friends so do pop over and say hi! Lucy would love to connect with you on twitter or she says to feel free to drop her an email, and of course to pop over to Morgan's blog to see which posts Lucy has chosen as her favourite posts.

Remember if your blog is under a year old and you'd like to feature please get in touch!