Post Comment Love 10 - 12 November 2017

Hello there and welcome to another Friday and of course another Post Comment Love. If you were here last week it was great to see you, if you're new here this week you're very welcome. I'm certain you'll find some great posts to read this week as I continue to be proud about the quality and variety of posts, and blogs, that link with Morgan and I each week.

I wasn't wrong when I wrote at the start of the week that it felt as if winter was on its way, as our first frost happened the very next day. Thankfully only a mild one, but it was a reminder that we really should pack up our garden for the winter. We haven't done too bad though have we, it is the middle of November.

I've been getting back into the blogging swing of things after a quiet week. I've been catching up on blog reading too, but as ever there is always more to do isn't there?

I'm looking forward to another quiet weekend. Our garden is the priority this weekend, so I'm hoping the weather will be kind. I'm also hoping to get some baking done and some crafting too.

As a reminder to myself my photo is from our plot - if we get time we should pop over there again as there is still plenty more to do. But in the meantime I'm just going to admire that freshly dug soil. Don't mind me...

On the plot

Bloggers Showcase: Vicky Elizabeth from Fragola Franchise

Vicky Elizabeth has recently moved her blog to wordpress so if you haven't checked it out yet, do pop over and take a look.  She says she blogs to "get it all out there and you'll be pleased to learn she has a love of Disney, coffee and yoga.  She's a native Miamian, raised by Cubans which means she's 100& a coffee and cake kinda girl.  Do head over to Morgan's to find out more about this week's bloggers showcase and her blog, and give her a follow on Twitter.

If you'd like to be featured in a future Bloggers Showcase, then please get in touch with Morgan or I.

 

 

Post Comment Love & Blogger Showcase 3 - 5 November 2017

Hello there and welcome to the first Post Comment Love in November. If you were here last week it was great to see you and if you're new here then you're very welcome. I'm certain you'll find some great reads, as each week that's what you link up.  Both Morgan and I enjoy the posts you link and love the variety, so keep them coming!

It's been a week with a heavy work focus again and if I'm honest I'm shattered, so a few days away from the blog and with my nose in a good book was much needed. Obviously it didn't do much for my to do list and my head is still full of stuff, but I've read a book, started another and enjoyed some time offline. 

I didn't manage to get that extra hour in bed last weekend as MOH was off for a 73 mile cycle ride and needed a lift to Fakenham. And I very generously let him put his bike in my new car. The lighter mornings are good, but I'm missing the walks home in the twilight. It's been colder, but I've still not dug out my coat, instead I've a new mustard coloured cashmere blanket-wrap, which is super versatile and is going to be well used I hope, before the coat comes out.

The heating's been on a couple of mornings and a couple of evenings too and that's been welcome too. As has the clear skies, the photo below is from my walk to work and I can't help but hope that the clear, sunny days continue. I'd much rather have those than the damp kind of autumn days, wouldn't you?

Blue skies in Greenwich

Blogger Showcase: Shannon from Going With Happy

1. Who are you?

I'm Shannon and my blog is Going With Happy. I'm a recent college graduate with a B.S. in psychology, with minors in art and music.  My college path is really reflective of who I am and what I enjoy in life!  I love psych and mental health, I'm an artist and I play piano.

2. How did you discover blogs/blogging?

I've read blogs since my early teens.  I forget how I stumbled upon the concept, but growing up it's simply been something that I've always read.

3. Why did you start blogging?

I've always wanted to blog!  I think it's an awesome idea, having my own little space on the internet to share my thoughts.  I had a couple blogs in my teen years that failed because I didn't really know what I was doing, but now that I'm in my twenties I have a better sense of what I want to blog about and how to do it successfully.

4. What do you find most challenging?

Social media upkeep!  I dislike most social media platforms aside from Twitter and Slack, so it's annoying to learn the ins and outs of something that I'm not a fan of.

5. What is your favorite topic to write about?

I'm a mental health blogger so writing anything to do with that makes me happy.  I really enjoy writing specifically about self improvement and life hacks!

6. Are you blogging for fun or do you have goals?

Partially for fun, partially because I'd love to make this a side business of some sort.  My blog is monetised so I am making a very small income off that, and I'm hoping to grow that in the future.

7. What is your favourite thing about blogging?

Writing!  I LOVE to write, I'm a writing machine.  It was my greatest strength in college and I enjoyed every minute of it, so I love that blogging gives me a way to fuel my writing addiction.

8. Have you ever attended a blogging conference and if so, what did you think?

I haven't yet but I want to!

9. What are your three best posts?

These ones!

10. Describe yourself in three words!

Creative, extroverted, and a huuuuge over-thinker.

11. Are you a tea and biscuits or coffee and cake person?

Tea and biscuits!

12. What's your idea of a perfect night out?

Staying out late dancing, grabbing drinks or attending a concert.

13. Your perfect night in?

If I'm with friends, a couple drinks, good food and a movie.  If I'm alone, a good dinner and getting some blogging or painting done.

14. What would your best friend/OH/mum or kids say is your best quality?

I've been called insightful by quite a few different people, so probably that.

Connect with Shannon on social media here:  Facebook  -  Twitter  -  Instagram  -  Pinterest  -  Google+

Thanks Shannon, it's great to know more about you and your blog - please do grab your I was featured on PoCoLo badge!

If you'd like to be a future Blogger Showcase then please do get in touch. We do have a bit of a waiting list at the moment, but we'd love to add your name to that list.

Post Comment Love 27 - 29 October 2017

Hello there and welcome to another #PoCoLo - if you were here last week it was great to see you, if you're new here then welcome - we had some great reads linked up last week, and I'm hoping for more of the same again, I know you won't disappoint me.

Once again I'm writing this post early as last night I was out in town at  Habitat on Tottenham Court Road, there's lights involved (and cocktails and some tunes) so look out for more on that soon. 

It struck me when starting out to write this post that I've taken very few photos this week, so I'm heading back to one from the greenhouse with this lovely yellow flower - a zinnia - that's looking cheery and vibrant, if not a little late flowering. 

After the drama of my car last Friday evening I have been running around to try and sort out a replacement. I was right to think it would be an expensive week - but hopefully that will calm down and I'll have wheels again.  I didn't think I was that reliant on my car, but of course it all happened when we had a busy few weekends.  I mean, when else would it happen?!

But back to the lovely yellow zinnia, and I can be calm again...

In the greenhouse

Blogger Showcase: Andolina from Lessons from a Student Mom

Andolina is a stay at home mom and a college student, hence the name of her blog - Lessons from a Student Mom - and she loves learning, which is just as well as she finds blogging a never-ending learning experience. I think she's right when she says there's unlikely to be another industry has a community that is more focused on community growth, rather than personal growth.

You can read Andolina's full answers over on Morgan's blog this week, so do pop over and take a look. And don't forget to connect with Andolina on social media:  Twitter  -  Facebook  -  Pinterest  -  Instagram