February, the final week

 Here's the tree that I'm watching on a monthly basis

 And here's this week's decluttering total, 9 items, making the annual total so far 44.

I bought myself a new bag, as my old one has almost given up the ghost

 

The second lot of bookcover squares are complete

 And, together with the first four, have been joined to start a blanket

 My herbword for this week is fairly simple

 A couple of shots of my locality, 

I admit to being a bit of a numbers nurd, please ignore the leading zero, and admire Natalya's current mileage

 Another full month of Woodoku

  

How was your week/month?

February's Photo Hunt - Food.

Eileen at https://in-my-playroom.blogspot.com/2026/02/monthly-photo-challenge.html  hosts a photo hunt with a different subject each month. February's was food (she very kindly accepted my suggestion). 

So, as we head towards the end of the month here are my February Food Fotos

 

 

 

Thanks once again Eileen. I wonder what she'll pick for March?

My first walk of the Year

It's not far to walk to the canal and back from home, just about the right distance for a first walk of the year. My pedometer registered over two miles but I think it was just showing off! It's over a year since I've done that particular walk, and some things have changed a bit, certainly the new steps by the bridge weren't there the last time. 

Enjoy the Wildshire.

 

 Back at home and the lilac is showing new buds, yippee. 

That felt good.

February, third week

Not a lot is happening currently in the Wildshire, except for the weather - which continues to be mostly boringly wet. 

I had a slight "adventure" earlier in the week which you can read about here.

While sorting through my herbs and spices, I found this.

 Does anyone have anything older than this in their food stocks?

I'm now actually buying new jars of herbs and spices just so I can continue with my fixation on herbwords.

 

Having just celebrated being here at 43 for five years, I'm really appreciating the architectural  history of the town. This is the Tabernacle entrance, other parts of this building have been sympathetically developed into homes, but this main entrance has remained untouched.

 

Yesterday I met up with my friend Jean in Devizes, we enjoyed a cuppa and a natter in the Bear Hotel

 

GDs 5 & 7 are really more like sisters than cousins, and both have asked if they can do a sleepover at nanny's house together, which meant I needed to acquire an extra bed, or somesuch. Not having a great deal of spare space I found this, which opens out as a sort of mattress, so once I've picked up some extra bedding to go on it, invitations can be issued. Watch this space.

 How has your week been?