ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 39TH OF 2026

Good morning lovely people tis time to clock the positive moments and silver linings from the last seven days. 

So last Friday we decided to swap out the summer flowers on the outdoor wreath and make it more autumnal I was fairly happy with it when it was done

Then on Saturday we went out to our Grandson's first birthday party, his actual birthday has fallen midweek so my d-in-law organised a meet up at a pub with a soft play centre.  It was lovely to see everyone and everyone enjoyed it. 

He enjoyed the balloon and got lots of presents

Sunday and we headed out for a bit of a nature walk to clock all the changes in the season, from the hawthorn berries

to the second harvest of blackberries that still aren't quite ready

the sky was a beautiful blue with the odd wispy cloud

some of the trees are already on the turn

and we found other berries, some quite poisonous in the arboretum in the next village

These strands of seeds were amazing

and this tree seemed to change colour according to how the sunlight was catching it

At the end of the walk this was our foraged goodies, apples from a tree in the arboretum, we took what we will use.  I found some beautiful autumn leaves including 3 oaks leaves and 3 holly leaves

Wednesday was the autumn equinox and we were up early due to me being at work and hubby volunteering so we got a photo of the sunrise, albeit that the clouds were covering most of it. 

It was also our grandson's first birthday and I got this photo to cheer me on through the day

On Thursday for good measure I got another photo of the sunrise on Thursday as I was up and about early. 

I've noticed the nights starting to draw in now and we are officially past the equinox in the UK so the nights are now longer than the days.  We've made some plans of things we want to do over the autumn and winter months and I'm ready to embrace the seasons. 

I hope you are all well hopefully back to fighting fit Kate and Helen. 

Hugs

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 45TH OF 2025

 Morning tis Friday time for 

This is the point where I take stock of the last 7 days and note the positive moments and silver linings that existed in those days.

So we had a 'tootling' around the house day on Saturday and spent some time chilling and reading which was lovely.  I insisted on us not browsing our tablets as it seems to be eating time at the moment and the day genuinely lengthened so that was definitely a good call.  Hubby enjoyed watching the last Mission Impossible film and I was busy making birthday cards as my supplies had dwindled. 

Sunday we decided to blow the cobwebs off and go for a walk at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, we parked at the main centre and headed in for a cuppa and a sandwich for breakfast and before our walk.  Here is hubby with his aforementioned breakfast butty

and yours truly with my butty

then we set off down the park as you can see we had broken cloud and blue skies

we spotted some new sculptures that we hadn't seen before, similar to other work in the park so we suspect the same artist, although there was no signage yet of who the artist is as the artwork has only just gone in. 

We watched the geese flying overhead and then caught up with them as they had flown down to the water.

The intensity of the blue sky with the globe was amazing

Hubby found his only fly agaric mushroom of the season up to now all on its lonesome

the fungi in the trees was prolific

We grabbed a selfie whilst sat enjoying the view over the lake

loving the autumnal views

more fungi on a rotting trunk

and this spindly little thing

I couldn't believe the different varieties all in the same area. 

We enjoyed kicking through the rustling leaves

and spotted this in its new position. 

We enjoyed the rest of the afternoon, hubby watched the most recent Jurassic Park and I was making more birthday cards. 

Monday and back to work, I've had a week of working from home because I've had so much on, I only had 1 day off last week with the wedding and genuinely regretted it given how much I came back into doing on Monday. 

Thankfully by the time Wednesday hit I'd done as much as I could possible do on the tasks in hand which will hopefully reap rewards next week. 

We met up with my sister for a cuppa in Ikea on Thursday evening and put the world to rights, I genuine don't think I've caught up with her properly since our holiday, October has been something of a blur and it was good to chat, I miss her company. 

Thursday arrives and no alarm clock (which is always a blessing), we headed out for a good walk first thing which was lovely and blue skies and milder temperatures were definitely a win.  

I hope you've had a great week too, I'm off to visit my Grandson in hospital this afternoon so that's something to look forward to. 

Hugs

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 42ND OF 2025

 Good Morning Lovely People it is Friday morning which means time to find the silver linings and positive moments from the last 7 days. 

Well last Friday I had to go into work but the positive is that I wasn't there all day. 

We had a lunch come tea at Ikea before heading up to Sheffield on the tram. 

We had a wander around both the Millennium gallery and Graves gallery and then spent a blissful couple of hours drinking tea and perusing books in Waterstones before heading to Sheffield City Hall. 

We had tickets for the London Symphonic Rock Orchestra which was genuinely brilliant

Saturday morning and an early start to the Company Shop where we met up with my sister, son and daughter in law.  Once home we had breakfast soup (we had defrosted some soup and it needed using but I knew if we had an official breakfast the soup would be wasted, so we ate soup at 10am thus breakfast soup). 

Said 25 year old popped over with our lovely daughter in law and we talk about life the universe and everything.  Currently there are still daily trips to the hospital which is taking its toll and daughter in law was honest in that she is struggling at the moment.  So a quick diary check and rally around and company sorted for her visits this last week which is a win win in my book. 

Then we spent the rest of the day relaxing I did some crafting and hubby did some film watching. 

Sunday we decided to head up to YSP, it is an age since we've been and I fancied some fresh air and autumn colours and it did not disappoint.

We got to see a new art exhibition in the Weston which was fantastic. 

I loved the bright paint work

The carvings were beautiful

We spotted fungi in the grounds

Saw another new art installation at the Chapel which was thought provoking

and enjoyed the glory of a British autumn

Selfie in front of nature's rainbow of colours

Look at those colours and that blue sky

Autumn is definitely my favourite season

We also found where they had put this sculpture since it had been moved

The lake looked stunning

Genuinely good for the soul

I've worked from home this week, still catching up, work have been utterly amazing I feel very blessed to work which such a fantastic team.

Hubby went up to the hospital Monday and Tuesday with daughter in law and then volunteered yesterday.

We are about to head up to the hospital today. 

I hope you've had a wonderful week. 

Hugs