Salt & Light
Based in the World Heritage Site of Saltaire, West Yorkshire, England.
Monday 18 March 2024
Reorientating
Saturday 16 March 2024
A brief escape
Thursday 14 March 2024
Manna from heaven
I’ve now cranked my desktop Mac into life. I’ll swear I heard it mutter ‘Where have you been?’ My phone is a happy bunny with four bars of wi-fi instead of two bars of 4G signal and my iPad… well, that’s demanding that I re-sign into everything and is chiding me because it’s not been synced or backed up for two weeks. But they WORK! Hooray!
Not only that but I’ve built myself a sit/stand desk today (from a kit) - so not a bad day for someone who is generally rather technically challenged. With my entire small village of friends helping in various ways with practical and moral support, life here is beginning at last to shape up into a more rhythmic and familiar pattern. Bedroom is tidy and restful, all boxes banished; kitchen is fully functional and even has a little space in some of the cupboards for the several boxes of glassware etc that I haven’t yet unpacked. One end of the sitting room looks like a sitting room. (The other looks like a depository, stacked with boxes, mainly books awaiting shelves). I’m in the process of getting quotes to fit a new bathroom. Currently that’s just a place to try and keep clean in, rather than the relaxing sanctuary I am seeking. My office is a work in progress and currently a shoe box holds all the most important notebooks, pens, scissors, sellotape and Letters/Bills That Must Soon Be Dealt With.
Slowly but surely, my new life as an apartment dweller is taking shape. ‘Phase One’ not yet fully completed but I’m much nearer now than I was to a basically organised and calm existence. I feel as though I’m at last getting on to the fun bit, thinking about decor and sussing out how things need to be organised to work well, everything in its place and a place for everything. My best buy so far? A little machine that prints labels. Boxes, jars, everything getting neatly labelled!
Wednesday 6 March 2024
Unboxing
Wednesday 28 February 2024
My life in boxes
Friday 23 February 2024
Swept along
Monday 19 February 2024
Friday 16 February 2024
Snowdrops
It's the season for snowdrops and there seem to be plenty in bloom in parks, gardens and by the wayside. They are always lovely to see, delicate harbingers of spring.
Thursday 15 February 2024
Progress
For some reason, it reminded me of a tale I was told by my mother. When I was about two, we lived in a house with a gravel path. She caught me putting handfuls of gravel through the letter box in the front door. When she asked me what I was doing, I said 'Sprinkling'. I'd heard her talk of 'spring-cleaning' and thought that's what she meant! Anyway, Mr Path-layer was doing a great job of spring-cleaning.
Tuesday 13 February 2024
Yellow cheeriness
A brief spell of sunshine tempted me out, though I'm busy at home. It was chilly but that encouraged me to walk faster and was no doubt a good thing. In Roberts Park, the yellow crocuses are in full bloom. For some reason the purple ones lag behind a little.