ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 4TH OF 2022

 Good morning lovely people tis Friday time for

Last Friday we had a sorting and catching up type day.   We needed some more grit salt for our little bin outside, our drive is a bit of a nightmare in winter so we always have some grit on hand just in case and we were running low.  We also had a look at some wood whilst we were there because we have plans for extending one of the woodstores at the back of the house in spring and we wanted to see what they had got.   After that hubby went and bought some antifreeze and I needed some pyjama tops so we went our separate ways and then met up afterwards.  

I popped to see my Mum for a cuppa, I hadn't seen her for a week or so so we sat and drank tea and put the world to rights and I got to see my sister who I'd not seen for a bit, she was a bit down as she has a poorly cat at the moment and the vet isn't sure what the issue is, so we were trying to give her some practical advice. 

Saturday we headed to a nearby reservoir we haven't been to in ages for a good walk, but it was sooooo muddy, I don't think we will be visiting again until the summer when it is drier. 

In the afternoon hubby was gilding a picture we have with gold, silver and copper leaf and I did some gelli plated envelopes to go with my gonk cards I shared last week, they didn't take as long as I thought which was good, so they can all now go away until Christmas. 

My Mum and sister came and visited, my Mum mentioned that she isn't venturing out at the moment unless it is the hospital which is making her a bit down, so she came up to catch up and have a natter, but my sister is still low and despite her own trials and tribulations she bought me flowers, which are still going strong a week later.  I'm still grateful for the visit, just wish I could do more at the moment. 

Saturday night we tried a new dish, it was an cheesy aubergine bake, which was lovely, I think we've a few tweaks to it but overall definitely a success. 

On Sunday we went to YSP again for a good walk (and a sausage sandwich which was lovely with a pot of tea).  Mark Hearld has now issued a new book and so there were a few new pieces of artwork to admire on the stairwell on the way up to the cafe, I do so love his work. 

We had a relaxing afternoon and I made up a scrapbook kit from my supplies so I could make a start on photos and then unusually for us, we headed out to see Ross Noble perform his show. 

We had a brilliant night and laughed so much, this was his set and our view, which was fabulous, hubby came out with an atrocious headache due to laughing and the cheeks on my face ached from laughing, definitely a fantastic night out. 

Monday was busy busy, but we did pop on a re-showing of one of the Mischief Movie Night's In that kept us sane during lockdown, it was one we hadn't seen so that was brilliant and the money to purchase was going towards a Samaritan's fundraiser, so raising money for charity at the same time. 

One of the mornings this week, I arrived at work to this stunning sunrise, which really does make you feel grateful to be alive. 

On Thursday night we went out, we had pre-theatre dining booked, the meal was delicious and the restaurant is part of the local college, so it is students getting ready to enter the catering industry.  This was our absolutely delicious pudding. 

A lovely date night with hubby it has to be said. 

Then off across the road to watch "Murdered to Death" a bit of a spoof take on Agatha Christie type plays, which was a good laugh and a great night out. 

I'm going to apologise for my tardiness, I was going to do it all day yesterday and before I knew it we were off out again, but I'll tell you about that next week. 

I hope you've had a fabulous week, I think Lisca is still struggling to see the posts, but I will visit, I will catch up with your post Kate and hopefully a lovely Kew post from Helen. 

Have a lovely weekend and week ahead. 

Hugs

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 3RD OF 2022

 Good evening lovely people tis Friday (and I'm late) for 

Last Friday we had a lovely walk from where we live to the next village along, as you can see it was stunning blue skies which were an absolute joy.

It was a bit muddy at the bottom and this doesn't look hilly but it absolutely was

Thankfully the half way point meant a pint of Old Peculier for hubby and a lovely hot chocolate for me. 

and on the way home we got this stunning sunset. 

and grabbed a selfie, clocking up just over 10,000 steps in the process (definitely a win win).

Saturday was a tootling around the house sorting bits and bats out which was lovely and I finished the epic task of making Christmas cards.  I make my cards in January, when there is little in the way of stress to make them.  Apologies for the wonkiness of the photo, I was absolute trying to get them all in (and this wasn't all of them), but had to stand in the porch to manage it rather unsuccessfully as you can tell.  All painted Christmas gonks with watercolours, fine liner, some stickles and some white pen accents and I'm genuinely over the moon with them. 

Sunday and a beautiful crisp January day, we headed to YSP and had our lovely sausage sandwich breakfast and a pot of tea, before doing another 10,000 step walk. 

The Ai Weiwei sculptures have been cleaned and moved and looked fabulous against the blue skies.

Another selfie, we definitely had a good weekend. 

The rest of the week has tripped along at a merry old pace as only it can, work has been mighty busy this week but we've got plenty done which is good so I felt like we've done a good job and that my lovely people is your lot today, I hope you've had a great week and looking forward to the weekend ahead. 

Hugs

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 2ND OF 2022

 Good morning lovely people tis Friday time for

So how has the last 7 days been?  Time to clock the silver linings and positive moments

We had a lovely weekend last weekend albeit that we spent quite a lot of time just tootling around the house on Friday and Saturday.  I got a new tablet which I'd ordered recently as my old one was creaking as it had reached its maximum storage level, it has been nice to be able to use the new one without it falling over every two minutes this week which is definitely a grateful.

As most of you know we have a Chatsworth membership and unlike last year when they decided to open the gardens January through to March (which we couldn't use as Boris made us stay local), this year they have decided to close as normal and their last day of being open until the end of March was last Sunday, so me and hubby booked and headed off bright and early. 

I got to take in my favourite view at the top looking down the valley towards Chesterfield.

We headed to the carriage restaurant first thing for a cup of tea (we'd had breakfast at home), they had some new wintry canvases up on the walls and this was by far my favourite, the drumming hare is a stunning sculpture in the gardens but this was even better and so atmospheric. 

Out into the stables courtyard the Christmas decorations were still up

and then we had a slow wander down to the house and headed in. 

Inside the house it was still fully decorated for Christmas, bearing in mind the decorations have been up two months and some of those trees are real I think they've done amazingly well. 

The entrance hall was Alice themed and I loved these tiny textile white rabbits hung on the tree. 

and the painted roses

The Narnia themed courtyard is still looking amazing, they did a Chatsworth at Christmas show again this year to show the decorations and explained how they did this (and what hard work it was), I think it looks amazing and genuinely you forget when you are walking around that there isn't in fact snow everywhere. 

Whilst you might think we were still in the entrance hall, this was the corridor with reference to the Dickens theme with the Victorian pocket watch

and the paper houses created by local artist Su Blackwell were back on display

The wooden panelled room was the theme of Mr Toad of Toad Hall and I love the fact he is huddled under a blanket holding a hedgehog. 

This corridor still looks so pretty the lighting was beautiful 

We also noticed this painting which we hadn't noticed previously which I think is gorgeous, we've been watching a couple of science fantasy series (The Witcher and Wheel of Time) and it reminded us of the landscapes in there. 

The painted hall was still looking spectacular, although it looks fantastic with or without the Christmas decorations. 

The veiled lady is back in her old position at the moment, but with the curtains open you can see her slightly better than before, they sell replicas of her in the giftshop

The dining room table looked spectacular, but we were still confused as to why there was no lights on the top of the trees in the dining room. 

Outside and the sun was still shining albeit that it was very cold, along past the Emperor lake you get a view down the valley towards Matlock

We wandered the gardens, the maze garden was in deep shadow due to the time of year. 

We came across the dry stone wall sculpture and strangely approached it from a different side for the first time. 

The drumming Hare by the Grotto pond not quite as atmospheric as the picture in the restaurant. 

Overall we had a really lovely visit and it was good to shake off the cobwebs and have a lovely wintry walk before they closed for the season, they will now have the unenviable task of taking down all the decorations. 

The rest of the week has tripped along at a merry old pace (actually it is running at full tilt as normal).  

On Monday we popped to my Mums to pop her Christmas decorations back up in the loft, I also vacuumed through whilst I was there as it needed a fettle and she is struggling at the moment.

We binge watched and thoroughly enjoyed watching The Witcher season 2, hopefully they will make another series.  We enjoyed spotting places in the UK where it was filmed, we spotted High Force waterfall on one of the scenes.  

Hubby and said 21 year old have been sorting an issue out that I was struggling to manage and so another grateful was those two being amazing as always and that my lovely people was my week, I hope you've had a grand week and will happen across your blogs over the weekend (fingers crossed). 

Much love

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 1ST OF 2022

 Good afternoon I hope I find you well, tis Friday time for 

It has been a quiet week overall if I'm honest, mainly because I returned to work.  

However, before that I went with hubby for a good walk at Yorkshire Sculpture Park and strangely I managed to find some new sculptures we hadn't seen before.  This was my favourite as from a distance it definitely looked like a space rocket. 

I enjoyed seeing the beautiful sunshine on the way to work when hubby was driving

We had a really productive day at work on Monday, most of the staff headed in despite the fact it was technically a bank holiday moving a few staff into different office space and sorting out some activities equipment in a better space than we've used previously.  It was a good day overall and we all went home exhausted but happy with what we had managed to achieve. 

Tuesday and Wednesday were very busy work days, but Thursday I actually went in late to work and left early and me and hubby headed to watch the new Matrix film.  I loved the first one and the second but the third one made me very unhappy so have a fourth reboot of a more positive nature definitely ticked all the boxes. 

Afterwards me and hubby enjoyed a date night with Tapas at Tapas Revolution. 

It was lovely but very very filling and then I find myself at Friday. 

I hope you've all had a brilliant week, I will hopefully catch up with your posts over the next couple of days.  Apologies if I'm missed any, I will check them out if I have and comment accordingly. 

Hugs