ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 47TH OF 2025

 Morning all tis Friday time to clock the positive moments and silver linings in the last 7 days

So last Thursday evening (as I wrote my last post during the day time), we headed off for a pre-theatre meal again and then we went to see Blackadder III at the local theatre, we had a lovely meal (again) at the local college restaurant

We had pulled pork bon bons on a pear puree with hot honey for starter which was lovely

For main hubby went for the chicken and leek pie on root mash with braised greens and a madeira sauce

I had herb crusted cod with chorizo and tomato sauce with crushed new potatoes and samphire.  I've never tried samphire before, it was odd, very chewy and wouldn't be something that I would buy but I enjoyed it with the meal. 

For dessert I had lemon meringue pie again

and hubby had sticky toffee pudding, with salted caramel sauce and clotted cream ice cream

Friday morning and we were over at my sister's house to sort out a repair on her dishwasher, that will be the royal 'we' because obviously it was hubby who sorted it out, because he is a star and it went swimmingly well he was done within an hour.  We had a brief but good catch up, she is currently very busy at work and has been moved onto a winter ward temporarily (she's a nurse) which is proving different. 

Then we came home and hubby fitted a new kitchen tap, we've recently had a water meter fitted given the extortionate water rates bill we received and as soon as it was fitted developed a leak on the sink, I think they call that sod's law, thankfully hubby was able to replace and sort in a couple of hours. 

Saturday and we had the aerial sorted at last, although it cost significantly more than I had intended on spending it is now done and we finally have a decent signal. 

Sunday and we were hesitating about going to YSP but eventually decided to go and we were both grateful for a decent walk if truth be told, we also got to see the next exhibition that I mentioned last week. 

The paintings were lovely this one done with gouache paints which I've never tried. 

and this one

then there were woodcuts

and finally his main body of work which was all done with acrylic

I loved the pink on this

and the dark foreboding sky on this one

and the deep purple colour on this

this was probably my favourite and was already sold

I also liked the colour way of this one too. 

It was lovely to see the artist splitting the income from selling his artwork between himself and YSP.

Outside the water was rushing at the bottom of the hill following all the rain we'd had in the past week.

We extended our walk slightly in a different directly as we didn't fancy doing the area which we knew would be really muddy taking a photo of this sculpture on our travels. 

Monday and back to work, working from home both Monday and Tuesday.

Wednesday I was in the office, but decided to finish early as I'd managed to complete the main tasks I had on and have a lot of time in hand at the minute, my boss agreed it was fine so at around lunchtime I finished early and headed home. 

Me and hubby went out for a walk in the daylight which was good and then came home.  We had tea and then got a 'Dad can you help' call from said 25 year old whose keys had been locked in his car.  Thankfully we had a spare and so we headed over to sort and then came back home and got changed into pyjamas and then very late on we heard said 25 year and his lovely wife coming down the drive, they'd promised to pop but we honestly thought it was too late for them. 

In they came and guess who they brought with them 

yes you guessed it my grandson is finally home and I got my first cuddles with him.

Honestly to have him out of the hospital and said 25 year old able to take his paternity leave and spend some time in their family bubble is just wonderful news. 

I hope you've had a great week too. 

Hugs

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 46TH OF 2025

Morning all tis Friday time for 

So time to clock the positive moments and silver linings for the last 7 days. 

Last Thursday after we'd been to see our grandson at the hospital we headed into town and had a meal at the local college's restaurant.  

We both opted for the same starter, which was pheasant breast on sourdough with pickled blackberries which we both enjoyed. 

For main I had the fresh made parpadelle pasta and a beef ragu with parmesan crisp

whilst hubby had chicken and leek pie on a root vegetable mash and braised greens

dessert we both went for the same lemon meringue pie with forest fruits and a sugar coated mint leaf that we both enjoyed

 

and then we headed over the road for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the theatre which was fabulous. 

Friday and we decided to have a crafting day, I was behind on the two homemade gifts that I make for an old schoolfriend's children and hubby hasn't done any metalwork for a while, so with Alexa blaring out tracks for company we had a fun creative day. 

My view from my desk as hubby was busy. 

and my desk view

In the evening we lit the woodburner and sat and read which was great.  Hubby has moved this lamp into the TV room recently, I love it when it is lit up, so very pretty

and the aforementioned woodburning stove

Saturday and I was determined to finish the two journals in readiness so this is the first

and this is the second

I think I'm safe to pop them on here as I don't think my friend reads my blog. 

Hubby had bought me some roses a couple of weeks ago and they are still going strong.  

I find that the mixed bunches simply don't last, is that just me or do others find that.  I had a bunch with carnations in recently and the roses didn't last the week. 

I also spent some considerable time over the weekend doing my Herald newsletter, it is something I've done for years and whilst 'round robin' letters are very much out of fashion I think I would have a stampede to the front door if people didn't receive it.  I've been told by quite a few that it is the mark of the start of Christmas for them, which I think is very sweet.  It takes a lot of time to pull together and I was going to shrink it back to the 4 sides of A4 but I've kept it at 6 sides (extended it last year after my Mum passed away as I wanted to add in extra stories of her). 

Sunday morning and we headed to YSP as it was dry-ish.  We had a breakfast sandwich and a cuppa and then a great walk.

We also spotted some new artwork on the walls a nudge to a new display coming soon. 

They'd put their Christmas decorations up in the main centre. 

We spotted these in the cafe

Outside the grey clouds were tumbling in but the walk remained dry although a little muddy under foot. 

We stopped at 11am and held a two minute silence by the lake given that it was remembrance Sunday. 

We walked down to the shell grotto which we haven't been to for a while and I grabbed a selfie. 

Then back along and up through the park we had a coffee at the learning centre before meandering up past this statue which was shining in the sunshine. 

Sunday afternoon was definitely a relaxed affair.  We watched a little TV, read a little and relaxed and had homemade minestrone soup and homemade granary rolls for tea which were lovely. 

Monday and I was working from home, hubby did the food shop and I worked until very late as I have some things that needed sorting. 

Tuesday and Wednesday I was in the office, I had a productive and positive meeting on Tuesday but it still left me with a 'to do' list. 

Another busy day on Wednesday with 3 meetings and then I headed home to try and resolve the spreadsheet.  It is almost there but at 5.30pm I decided I'd done enough and will pick it up again on Monday with fresh eyes. 

Thursday and we've been for a good walk, had a tasty breakfast and are off to the hospital this afternoon to see our grandson. 

I hope you've had a splendid week. 

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