Post Comment Love and Blogger Showcase 13-15 April

Hello there and welcome to this week's #PoCoLo - it's Friday the thirteenth today and so I hope that goes by without any mishaps.  If you were here last week, it was great to see you and if you're new here this week then I know you'll be made to feel very welcome by both Morgan and I and all of our lovely linkers.

I feel as if I've been submerged in a vat of grey this week. It's been misty here with occasional bursts of sunshine. There's been rain but I haven't minded the proper rain so much, but I'm not a fan of that stuff that just hangs in the air.  The usual complaint is frizzy hair, but mine of course revels in being different and instead of staying where I'd blow dried it does the exact opposite, and so for most of this week I've just let it be.  Sometimes it's the only way.

The work on our conservatory is getting ever closer and I'll have more to share on that over the weekend.  Somehow I've lost another week, this one in advance as I was convinced we had an extra week to eat the freezer - but we don't.  I guess that means there'll be some rearranging happening this weekend, or a lot of eating. Or both.

The sofa samples have started to arrive and even though it's been grey outside I never realised there were quite so many greys. Some blue, some pink, some brown and some actually grey.  And yes I know the yellow velvet is about as far from sensible grey that you can get but I couldn't help but add it to my swatches.

Sofa samples - we're still choosing!

Blogger Showcase: Nate from Above Average Nate

1. Who are you?

My name is Nate Johnson. I like to read, run, and ramble (in the traveling sense). I have my own blog, www.aboveaveragenate.com where I write whatever I'm feeling for that day.

2. How did you discover blogging?

I discovered blogging through The James Altucher Podcast. James mentioned it multiple times and I felt I should give it a try.

3. Why did you start blogging?

To document my life and allow my children to see my successes and failures in my early 20s. 

4. What do you find most challenging?

Fighting perfectionism. Sometimes I get too scared to write because I think it won't be worth reading. So I don't even try.

5. What is your favourite topic to write about?

I enjoy writing about goal setting and using myself as a case study for how to set and achieve goals.

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

I started out writing for fun. I have the goal of being a New York Times best-selling author.

7. What is your favourite thing about blogging?

Giving voice to a topic or opinion that I believe more people should hear about.

8. Have you ever attended a blogging conference?

No.

9. What are your 3 best posts?

10. Describe yourself in three words!

Creative, Writer, Traveler.

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?

Going to a steakhouse and seeing a movie.

13. Your perfect night in?

Reading a good book and evening yoga.

14. What would your best friend say is your best quality?

Loyalty and Passion.

Thanks for being our Blogger Showcase this week Nate, finding new blogs is one of my favourite things about this feature.  

If you're not already connected to Nate then do take a minute to check out his blog and social channels:  Twitter  -  Instagram  -  Facebook  -  YouTube 

If you'd like to be featured in our Blogger Showcase then please get in touch with Morgan or I.

Post Comment Love 6-8 April

Hello there, welcome back to our post-Easter #PoCoLo - while it was lovely to have a break, it's nice to be back isn't it?  And the sun's making an appearance too, way better than the colder and snowy weather that had been around in some parts of the UK last week.

It's finally starting to feel as if we may be done with winter, doesn't it?  Let's just hope spring is kind to us.  The weather has played all sorts of havoc with my gardening, or rather that should be my lack of gardening so far this year.  I'm behind where I usually am at this time of year - and often that's behind in any case - so this year I'm seriously contemplating buying some seedlings to help catch me up.  It's a more expensive way of growing edibles, but with some careful choosing it could mean we have produce to pick.  It also means I get to pore over a different section of the catalogues and websites, all in the name of research.

I've taken few photos since the weekend - the post I've linked this week is from a trip into town over Easter - so I've delved into my photo archives again, and this bookshelf in the National Trust's Mottisfont called out to me.  I think it's my subconscious telling me I need to read more books - and I do - and I've a pile of "to be reads" stacking up on my kindle, but not necessarily all of these!  

Books at the NT's Mottisfont

Blogger Showcase: Katelynn from Hampers and Hiccups

Katelynn is a new(ish) blogger who regular linkers may already be familiar with as she's also joined us a few times already.  Morgan is hosting all of Katelynn's answers on her blog this week, but before you go let me tell you that her perfect night in involves popcorn and her perfect night out includes getting up to no good if she's with her best friend.  I think we can all relate, can't we? 

If you're not connected with Katelynn on her social channels, then pop over to Pinterest and Twitter and say hello!

If you'd like to be featured in the Blogger Showcase spot, then please get in touch with either Morgan or I.  We've currently got a waiting list until the end of May, but we're always looking to add people to our list.

Post Comment Love 23 - 25 March

Hello there and welcome back to Post Comment Love, it's Friday again and that means another day off for me this week - I know it's becoming a bit of a habit!  If you were here last week, it was great to see you and if you're new here this week it's great to have you along.

I don't know about you but I'm so over winter, so I'm hoping that the milder forecasts - and the start of spring - are correct. I could do with some more warmth, after the very brief taste we've had of it. And I'm hoping that it's not followed by the same as last week. 

I'm also over socks. And boots. I'm living in trainers, boots and such like all of which require socks. My socks it seems like to rumple down towards my toes and I forever seem to be hoicking them up - even more than tights, which really is peculiar.  I thought perhaps my socks were exhausted, so bought some new ones, but these seem even worse than the old ones. 

So I'm ready to ditch the socks as soon as I can. It seems the only way to save my sanity. That or stapling my socks to my legs, which I don't think is going to be a sensible solution. But enough about socks.

My photo this week is from our visit to Hestercombe Gardens last Friday. It was taken in the spring-like part of the day, before the hail arrived. Aren't the textures great?  Wood, stone and iron all in one shot - and a bit of rust for good measure too.

Much better than socks.

Wood brick and iron at Hestercombe Gardens in Somerset

Bloggers Showcase: Sarah from Life in a Break Down and UK Bloggers

Sarah runs one of the best bloggers groups, and I'm sure many people including many of its members don't know what's involved in keeping the group running smoothly.  It's one of the groups I joined fairly early on and so it's nice to feature Sarah in this spot this week.  Morgan is hosting Sarah's full responses, so do pop over there and have a read.

But before you go, here's a taster... 

Sarah's first real experience, and what it could become, took place on Live Journal and you'll know things have progressed somewhat when Sarah says last year she took the decision to try and make blogging her full time income, and so far so good.

Sarah admits she finds it hard to stay on one subject on her blog - which is music to my ears as I "suffer" from that too, as you've probably noticed.

Before you head over to Morgan's to find out more, do give Sarah and/or UK Bloggers a follow on Twitter, or Life in a Break Down on Facebook.  And if you're a blogger based in the UK then take a look at the UK Bloggers Facebook group too.

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

*** PoCoLo is taking a break next week for Easter, but we'll be back again and raring to go 6 April ***