Having been away on Thursday/Friday - it was fantastic to be back in my own home again. Didn't do a great deal I admit, but Impi had two one and 1/2 hour walks on Saturday. On Sunday we went down to Cayton Bay beach and clambered over the mud bank to get to the far end of the beach. We were in our bare feet and mud is extremely slippery under these circumstances, the wind made things much more difficult as well. We didn't find any fossils today, so clambered back over the mud as the tide was still too close to shore to walk aroudn the mud bank. Then we too Impi swimming in rock pools. She doesn't care for this, but does it to get the rocks we throw in, over time she'll hopefully become a stronger swimmer and more confident when the waves come in and drench her. We washed our feet and Impi in the fresh water that flows out from under the old mill and then walked up home via the Highland Cattle field. The wind has been so strong today - all the vegetable plants have been stripped of their foliage! Such a shame after all the hard work that has been put into growing them! I'm just waiting for the 60 mph winds to dissipate, I'm fed up of this windy weather.

I've been a bit poorly the last couple of days at work (to say the least) and I've tried my best to take it easy (didn't work overtime as much as I have been doing - kept it to less than 2 hours).
Had a brilliant weekend though - did more or less nothing Walked my dog with my husband and relaxed. Bought Vanilla slices from the bakery van (for those of you that know the area - Woodheads) and had one on Saturday and one on Sunday - shared them both. I had the top half with the icing and Gav had the bottom half which was plain. Both of us like the halfs we had - best. So good news all round.
I'm off on a training course on Friday, so have to leave work at lunchtime on Thursday - which means I've been busy making sure that everything is in place for Les to manage the exams while I'm away. It should run ok, there's not much else I can do really. I'm sure things will go fine for her.
My little puppy is dreaming in her basket at my feet as I type this, so blame any typo's on her, cos I'm laughing
Hope all is well in the world for you

We're currently experiencing quite a few fly-overs of air-sea rescue helicopters over our home - I'm wondering if they are practicing or if there has been an incident somewhere nearby. Scared all the birds in the garden on the one time I went out to watch - I nearly got smacked in the face by a fleeing house sparrow!

I've been spending quite a bit of time in garden taking macro photographs of plants and have uploaded some on Facebook and some on Flickr.
Go here if you want to take a look at my Flickr photo's... http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbowwitch13/