Relaxing into the new year....

Hello!

I have actually taken down the New Year banner but have replaced it with a big yellow bauble!! It was bigger than I anticipated, the joys of online shopping, but I'm seeing it as a positive.... a big yellow ball of sunshine during these grey winter months x

It's been wet and cold and grey and miserable!!

This photo was taken 2 days apart. So much water lying around!

On Tuesday, I enjoyed my first walk of 2025 with my friend Lynn. 

It had to be up and around the Tor.

We were the only ones up there!

And in the distance you could see snow up on the Mendips.

So, on Wednesday, I went in search of snow.....

....over to East Harptree Woods.....

...and I found it!!

There wasn't loads, but it was still about and made for a nice wintery walk.

We had a new visitor to the garden. 

To our neighbours tree really, but I could sit at my desk and watch it tapping away.

Thursday, and another cold but dry day, I decided to head over to The Newt. 

Do my first visit for the year and check out if they still had any snow....

...and they did! Enough to make it look beautiful and wintery.

The paths were nice and clear, so another good walk in the bag and I avoided the shop and their delicious pastries, poor Jeff, no treats for him either.

Friday morning, and I was up early and lucked out big time, to open the shutters and capture this scene on my phone. The starlings flying out from their roost over at Ham Wall. I often see them in the distance, like shadows flying past the Tor, but these were flying a lot closer and whilst I was just taking a picture of the Tor, they flew over, right in front of me. I was up early for an exam and then.....

.....back into school in the evening for the Student Exhibition 'Private View'. It was brilliantly busy, a great evening celebrating all the student work on display. And I was home in time to watch the Traitors!!

So another early start on Saturday, but a treat of another beautiful sky.

And the first of three Saturdays, hosting the Student Exhibition in the Atkinson Gallery. I LOVE this little job. The Art Department is really friendly, I get to meet some really interesting people and spend my day surrounded by the most fabulous art work! What's not to like!

Unfortunately, I can't show you any of the work on display, as it's current exam work but if your local, you can come and see it for yourself, for free! 

So today is Sunday and my only day off for the next week. I have exams Monday to Friday and all day Saturday in the Gallery. I do have a theatre trip booked in and Sam is coming home for a few days, before I take him back up to Cardiff, so a busy week but another week of January ticked off!

Have a good week x