Post Comment Love 28-30 January

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This week has been one of the greyest weeks I think I can remember, and it really does affect your mood doesn’t it? Even MOH didn’t manage to make it out on his bike because it was just “too grey” - he’s hoping to make up for that with sun today. It’s been a week of getting things done, deliveries received and I think our post might be returning to more normal levels. I’m still waiting on delivery that I ordered over Christmas, and I’m hoping it’ll arrive soon. We went out for Sunday lunch in our local pub, and while it was busier than we expected, it was ok. It was good to be out if I’m honest, and a roast dinner cooked by someone else is always good.

My work hours are becoming the most sensible they have been for a while, and I hope I’m not tempting fate by saying that! It’s meant that evenings have felt more relaxed than they have been, and I’ve spent some of that time editing old photos. And I’ve found some gems, like this one from our trip to Portugal back in 2019. I’ll share more shortly but this was part-way through a day’s walk, where we looked around what was a monastery. Well we looked around the grounds and admired the tiling, I remember there were two large dogs at one point, which weren’t really the friendly sort. But it was worth it for the tiles, and thankfully MOH fancied himself as a bit of a dog whisperer, so I was able to sneak back past.

A whitewashed wall with metal gates and a stone archway.  To the left of the of the gate is a tiled urn with flowers on a tall plinth (all tiles)

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Post Comment Love 21-23 January

Welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked and share some of that love. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here this week we’re pleased you’re here.

We were back at my MIL’s old house last weekend continuing to clear through things that were surplus to requirements in her new place. There were people collecting items for charity and some which had been sold, and some more which went into the skip. There were some (hopefully) last items repatriated, and there are a mountain of cardboard boxes which remain.

Some of these boxes have been put together, carried things, emptied and flattened several times now, and some will still have more work to do before they’re finally done with. While they’re waiting to be brought back into service they’re stored within another box, and the patterns they made caught my eye. Apart from MOH in the skip (as you do), I think this is one of the few photos I’ve taken during the whole process - there was very little time for photos if I’m honest!

This weekend we’re spending time at home, getting things straight in our own house and treating ourselves to a Sunday lunch in a local pub. And I’m very much looking forward to that. Enjoy your weekend, whatever you get up to.

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Post Comment Love 14-16 January

Welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked and share some of that love. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here this week we’re pleased you’re here.

As I mentioned last week I spent some time with MOH’s family moving his mum. She’s in and her new place looks like home, but boy was it hard work. Seriously hard work, but I guess downsizing always is, and that’s leaving aside the emotional side of moving house. It was definitely a case of going back to work for a rest!

Our post has been pretty erratic for the past few weeks with the postal service suffering from the fall out from Covid. We have started to receive post again, and this week a further three Christmas cards arrived. It’s definitely prolonging the Christmas season this year.

3 christmas cards laid on a table

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