Snap - Christmas lights

This week is the last Snap - thanks go to Helena for hosting it all through the year.  I have not aways posted every week due to my very slow computer and slow internet connection but I have enjoyed looking for photos with a theme.

To finish the year I am still in festive mode so I am posting photos of Christmas lights that I have seen on my dog walks in the evening.

These photos are also my first photos for Eileen's Winter Scavenger Hunt no. 11 A photo taken outside at night.  

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Snap - Christmas windows

Snap is Helena's meme where we keep a look out for up to four photographs to make a visual set.

I have not been very good with posting my Snap photos for several weeks, often the posts are ready and I forget to post them.  I must use scheduling more often.

This week I took these snaps of Christmas windows in my local town, I like the effect of the reflections as well.

This is a shop for local craft people to sell their makes although they only accept goods from artists with an art degree!

The knitted ornaments are made by the knit and chat group.

Memorandum Monday

Monday again so waving to Sian and all the Monday bloggers.

Not too much happening this weekend, it was very cold with a biting north east wind so we didn't venture far.

The only  new happenings were Christmas lights going up on houses in the area, new to Katie who just looked and looked wondering what it was.  It will be Katie's first Christmas in a home so it will all be new to her.    I remember Tara's first Christmas, it didn't take her long to work out how to open presents! 

Memorandum Monday another great idea from Sian.  

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Memorandum Monday

Monday again so waving to Sian and all the Monday bloggers.

A very dull cold weekend, a visit to my Aunt in Wells, I took Katie for a walk before we went, a new walk for Katie but new in a way as the season has changed so it was very different from my last walk which was in the spring.

The Christmas tree is being trimmed up again, I must remember to visit again nearer to Christmas as more decorations are added each week.  

I blogged about the tree last year, if you want to see the photo I took then it is here.

A short visit to a local garden centre to get some inspiration for Christmas presents (not very successful).  I do enjoy seeing the Christmas displays.

Memorandum Monday another great idea from Sian.  

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Memorandum Monday

Monday again so waving to Sian and all the Monday bloggers.

Yesterday was Remembrance Sunday so I went to Wells to see my son playing The Last Post, he played three times - once at the War Memorial at the church, again at the memorial to Harry Patch (who was the last surviving combat soldier from the World War 1) which is near the museum and cathedral and again at the cemetery in Wells.

For the first time Richard played a bugle that he had made - it had a good sound.

Afterwards we went for a well deserved cuppa in Waitrose

Memorandum Monday another great idea from Sian.  

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Memorandum Monday

Hello to the Monday bloggers,  no post last week as nothing new!

This week I have discovered another new place to walk through geocaching.  It was the Greyhound Rescue Christmas Fair on Sunday and I noticed there was a geocache on the old Somerset and Dorset railway line not too far from where the fair was being held.

It turned out to be a paved path in between two villages, perfect for a walk.   

At the entrance to the path were metal sculptures on the fence.

There were more sculptures along the path

It was a very enjoyable walk, I always like walks along the old railway routes as they are nice and flat!

Also new Katie has a new coat to keep her cosy in the winter months.

5 in 5 - The Beach

Linking with Sandie at itchifingers  the idea is to take 5 photographs in 5 minutes.

My 5 in 5 photos this month were taken on Katie's first visit to the beach.  It was not a planned visit, it was such a beautiful day and not too cold so I decided to drive to Uphill which is a village at the southern end of the the beach at Weston-super-Mare.

Brean Down 

The shadow shot!

Weston-super-Mare in the distance

Looking the other way towards Brean Down

I wasn't sure how Katie would react as she is quite often anxious in new situations but after the first few minutes she settled down and we went for a lovely walk.

Snap - Autumn Trees

Snap is Helena's meme where we keep a look out for up to four photographs to make a visual set.

This autumn we have had some lovely sunny days, here are some of the colourful trees I have seen while walking Katie.  

Snap - Benches

Snap is Helena's meme where we keep a look out for up to four photographs to make a visual set.

A trio of benches this week - the photographs were taken at different places I have visited this year.

I stopped here to look for a geocache - a village called Stalbridge

A trip to Tintern Station with my son and his partner, we had a picnic lunch then went for a lovely walk along a path through the woods.

An outing to the Holbourne Museum in Bath with my friends, well worth a visit.

Memorandum Monday

Hello to the Monday bloggers, late with my post this week.

Autumn has arrived and my thoughts turn to crochet and knitting, I don't know why but I rarely knit in the summer months. I should as there is more daylight!

So what is new?  A new crochet hook for me this week.

I bought this yarn last year to make a crocheted snood (cowl) and didn't start it, I made one for a friend but didn't get mine started.  I made a start and was struggling with the crochet hook getting it to go smoothly through the yarn, the hook is plastic and I wondered if I could find a size 7 hook made of steel and I did!  It is much easier to use so I should have my snood finished soon.

Memorandum Monday another great idea from Sian.  

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Memorandum Monday

Monday is here again - waving to Sian and the Monday bloggers.

So what was new for us this weekend?  Saturday was a beautiful sunny day so I decided to go on a longer walk.  A new walk for Katie, I returned to Mells to walk along the the Colliers Way which was the old railway route from Frome to Radstock, this time I went in a new direction so it was new for me too.

Along the route we came across an old boxcar that had been left on the railway line, it was really interesting to see how nature has taken over and interwoven through all the metal.

Memorandum Monday another great idea from Sian.  

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Memorandum Monday

Monday again so waving to Sian and all the Monday bloggers.

We had a quiet weekend at home, relaxing and catching up.  Katie has found a new way to relax:

Greyhounds like to sleep upside down - it's called 'roaching' but this position is half way.  

We went on some local walks to see how the new houses are progressing in the fields where I used to walk Tara, I know new housing is needed but I do prefer the fields.

Memorandum Monday another great idea from Sian.  

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Snap - Postboxes

Snap is Helena's meme where we keep a look out for up to four photographs to make a visual set.

When I am out and about I often notice the different postboxes in the villages, often in walls and some dating from Queen Victoria's reign.

Memorandum Monday

Waving to Sian and all the Monday bloggers!   

It was a rainy stay at home Saturday so I was productive in building my latest Ikea purchase.  It took me quite a long time as I am not very good with a screwdriver!  After two hours I had finally put it together and have filled it up with my project life papers, cards and embellishments, I still have room on the bottom for more items.  It has given me more room on my desk for working - hopefully I will find some enthusiasm for scrapbooking as I seem to have lost it lately.

Memorandum Monday another great idea from Sian.  

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Memorandum Monday

Waving to Sian and all the Monday bloggers!    What was new for me or what did I learn this Bank Holiday weekend?

I decided to take Katie for a walk at Walton Hill not too far from home.  It was a big mistake as we started on our walk along the hillside when shooting started in the woods below, Katie was very frightened as it was new to her to hear loud bangs coming from the woods.

She was straining to go back to the car so I just stopped and when she calmed down we walked a little further and then went back to the car and she walked without straining.  My dogs always wear a harness in the car which I kept on so I clipped the lead to her collar and harness for safety in case she tried to take off.

Be prepared for loud noises in the countryside!

Memorandum Monday another great idea from Sian.  

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Summertime Scavenger Hunt part 1

I have been taking photos for the Summer Scavenger Hunt but haven't posted them on here yet, if you follow me on Instagram (@Starspotter) you may have seen a few.

No. 2 A footprint

No. 5 A Deck

No. 10 A bicycle

This was my son's bicycle unfortunately it was stolen outside a leisure centre along with a few others, they were locked up but that did not deter the thieves. 

Bicycles for hire in Bath

No. 11 Fresh produce

Fresh raspberries from my garden

Snap - Tractors

Snap is Helena's meme where we keep a look out for up to four photographs to make a visual set.

While out walking around the country lanes we were told by some locals that the annual parade of vintage tractors would be going by so we waited and it was fascinating seeing the old tractors.  It's good to see these tractors are kept going.  I have obscured the faces as I could not ask their permission to place their photos on a blog.

I wonder if Maggie has any vintage tractors?