Post Comment Love 20-22 April

Hello there and welcome to another #PoCoLo and hasn't it been a lovely week?  If you were here last week it was great to see you and if you're new here then you're very welcome.  You'll have already realised that after a brief spell being almost caught up, I've reverted to type and am behind again, but I will get over to your posts and give them some love.

What I've found hard to fathom this week is how suddenly the weather changed; from winter to summer overnight, and I'm sure it'll be going back - hopefully somewhere in between - soon.  But I have been enjoying a warmer walk to work and have switched back to my summer route of across the grass in Greenwich Park.  That's still a bit dewy though, but you can't have everything can you?

Last night I was out for drinks in Greenwich after work and it really was a balmy evening.  It could have been abroad and there's definitely a different vibe in the air when the sun's out.  So much so that I've even popped into the garden this week to retrieve some of my cardboard haul (saved for the work in the conservatory - honest!) and to take some photos.

This week's photo is from the small willow pear at the end of the garden - and yes that's the tarpaulin covering the logs you can see in the background, maybe if the weather continues we'll be uncovering that, and the pizza oven.   

Let's hope so!

Flowers on the willow pear bush

Blogger Showcase: Lizzie from Lizzie Dripping

Regular linkers will, I hope, already be familiar with Lizzie's blog as this week we're featuring another of our #PoCoLo community.  You can read Lizzie's full answers over on Morgan's blog, but before you go, here's a snippet:

Lizzie has been blogging for about four years and loves to look back on old posts and reminisce, though that would be with a hot chocolate rather than tea or coffee, which she says she hates.  It's not all bad though as she loves cake and biscuits. Phew!

Thanks Lizzie, I'm always pleased when we feature one of regular linkers as the questions area  nice way to find out more about them.  If you'd like to feature in a future blogger showcase and are a regular linker or new here, then we'd love to have you - just answer the questions and get in touch with either Morgan or I.

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.