Tag: daffodils

• Back pain, rhubarb crumble, and spring dinners in the backyard before the snow comes again

  

  I put my back out on Thursday lifting a box of groceries from outside the front door. It wasn’t a big box but it had squash, potatoes, sweet potatoes and lots of other heavy things in it. On Friday I was hobbling around like an old woman which was very poor timing because I had […]

  Rachel M

  April 3, 2021

  Journal

  back pain, daffodils, rhubarb, rhubarb crumble, spring, squat, squatting, Victoria

• A new crochet jumper

  

  I made myself a jumper. The diagonal lines are deliberate; it wasn’t me stuffing up 🙂 I got the pattern on Etsy and it’s quite an easy one to follow and a relatively quick project. The daffodils are starting to flower here. Apparently Aberdeen has 11 million daffodils and I can believe it. They’re everywhere. […]

  Rachel M

  March 21, 2021

  Journal

  Aberdeen, craft, crochet, daffodils, pandemic, virus

• Daffodils, jumping shot, and a roundup of the news

  

  I ventured out for some exercise today. Mostly I stay in and just do The Body Coach live streaming in the morning followed by a trampoline bounce in the afternoon. It’s a lovely spring day today and the daffodils are in full bloom so it must be time for a jumping shot. Here’s a round-up […]

  Rachel M

  April 17, 2020

  Journal

  covid-19, daffodils, Duthie Park, Graham Medley, health, jumping, obesity, pandemic, Science and Technology Committee, Sir Patrick Vallance

• Making friends at school and cycling in the rain

  

  It’s tough when your kids don’t have any friends at school. That has been the case for Daniel until this year. He was put into the wrong year when we first arrived and was the youngest in his class both in age and maturity. The children were all nice to him but they didn’t view him […]

  Rachel M

  April 1, 2017

  Journal

  Aberdeen, autism, beach, Busby, cargo bike, children, cycling, daffodils, education, laser tag, rain, school

• Brexit and other things

  On the 23rd June 2016 the UK will vote on whether they want to remain in the European Union. We get to vote in this referendum and although I’m still undecided, I’ll probably vote to remain in the EU. I say I’m undecided because I haven’t really looked closely into the pros and cons of […]

  Rachel M

  April 10, 2016

  Journal

  Brexit, Cookie law, daffodils, EU, European Union, garden

• Daffodils and vote cycling

  The days are getting really long here. I’m surprised by how light it is and for how long. The vampire in me is wondering how I’m going to get to sleep mid-summer. I might have to get some blackout curtains. Sunrise is at 6:03am and sunset at 8:13pm but it starts getting light sometime around […]

  Rachel M

  April 13, 2015

  Journal

  Aberdeen, CTC, cycling, daffodils, election, vote