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Tuesday, 2 June 2026

A Photo Every Hour - Saturday 16th May 2026

Saturday 16th was the date chosen for May's photo an hour. We went out for the afternoon to visit my brother; it ended up raining so we just took a drive and found a couple of local cake sheds! In the evening, it was Eurovision so we settled down to watch that - it was a fab song that won the contest!


Here's what the day looked like...




13 lovely others joined in:

Bev from Confuzzledom joined in on Instagram
Susie from Second Hand Susie joined in on Instagram
Nicky joined in on Instagram Stories
Jane joined in on Instagram Stories
Naomi joined in on Instagram Stories
Hannah joined in on Instagram Stories
Denise joined in on Instagram Stories
Alex joined in on Instagram Stories
Janet joined in on Instagram Stories
Jennifer joined in on Instagram Stories
Lucy joined in on Instagram Stories
Rebecca joined in on Instagram Stories
Sarah joined in on Instagram Stories
And myself on Instagram and on this blog post :-) 


June's photo an hour date is Saturday 20th - see you there!
 
 

Tuesday, 2 September 2025

A Photo Every Hour - Saturday 23rd August 2025

Saturday 23rd was the date chosen for August's photo an hour, the bank holiday weekend! With only a few weeks left until Lily's first carnival of the autumn, it was a day filled with costume-making and sewing. 


Here's what the day looked like...




11 lovely others joined in:

Bev from Confuzzledom joined in on Instagram
Susie from Second Hand Susie joined in on Instagram
Denise joined in on Instagram Stories
Jane joined in on Instagram Stories
Alex joined in on Instagram Stories
Nicky joined in on Instagram Stories
Janet joined in on Instagram Stories
Lucy joined in on Instagram Stories
Hannah joined in on Instagram Stories
Jennifer joined in on Instagram Stories
Danielle from Underland to Wonderland joined in on Instagram Stories
And myself on Instagram and on this blog post :-) 



September's photo an hour date is Saturday 20th - see you there!
 
 

Tuesday, 6 May 2025

A Photo Every Hour - Saturday 19th April 2025

Saturday 19th was the date chosen for April's photo an hour - which was the day before Easter Sunday! We were on holiday in Anglesey and it was a bit of a rainy day. 


Here's what the day looked like...



10 lovely others joined in:

Bev from Confuzzledom joined in on Instagram
Susie from Second Hand Susie joined in on Instagram
Denise joined in on Instagram Stories
Jane joined in on Instagram Stories
Josie joined in on Instagram Stories
Rebecca joined in on Instagram Stories
Lucy joined in on Instagram Stories
Hannah joined in on Instagram Stories
Jennifer joined in on Instagram Stories
Danielle from Underland to Wonderland joined in on Instagram Stories
And myself on Instagram and on this blog post :-) 



May's photo an hour date is Saturday 17th - see you there!


 

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

A Photo Every Hour- Saturday 22nd March 2025

March's photo an hour date was Saturday 22nd. My dad's funeral had been the day before so we had family around from various locations north and south. It wasn't too bad a day weather-wise so we decided on an afternoon stroll along Clevedon seafront, taking in some ice cream, cake and playgrounds. 


Here's what the day looked like...




16 lovely others joined in:

Jane joined in on Instagram Stories
Denise joined in on Instagram Stories
Alex joined in on Instagram Stories
Nicky joined in on Instagram Stories
Amy joined in on Instagram Stories
Rebecca joined in on Instagram Stories
Sarah joined in on Instagram Stories
Lucy joined in on Instagram Stories
Hannah joined in on Instagram Stories
Josie joined in on Instagram Stories
Jennifer joined in on Instagram Stories
Jennifer from Pastry and Purls joined in on Instagram Stories
Danielle from Underland to Wonderland joined in on Instagram Stories
Bev from Confuzzledom joined in on Instagram
Susie from Second Hand Susie joined in on Instagram
Sharon from Sunshine and Celandines joined in on Instagram
And myself on Instagram and on this blog post :-) 



April's photo an hour date is Saturday 19th - see you there!
 
 

Tuesday, 21 May 2024

A Photo Every Hour - Saturday 18th May 2024

May's photo an hour took place on Saturday 18th. It was a lovely sunny day and also the other half's birthday on the 19th so we headed to a local steam rally to have a look round. 


Here's what the day looked like...




14 lovely others joined in:

Valerie joined in on Instagram
Josie joined in on Instagram
Ellie joined in on Instagram
Bev from Confuzzledom joined in on Instagram
Christine from Christine Lucas joined in on Instagram
Jennifer from Pastry and Purls joined in on Instagram
Susie from Second Hand Susie joined in on Instagram
Lucy joined in on Instagram Stories
Jane joined in on Instagram Stories
Rebecca joined in on Instagram Stories
Hannah joined in on Instagram Stories
Denise joined in on Instagram Stories
Jennifer joined in on Instagram Stories
Danielle from Underland to Wonderland joined in on Instagram Stories
And myself on Instagram and on this blog post :-) 



June's photo an hour date is Saturday 22nd - see you there!
 
 

Saturday, 23 December 2023

A Photo Every Hour - Saturday 16th December 2023

Saturday 16th December was the final photo an hour date of 2023!

We were away for the weekend at a local holiday park, at a cottage with a hot tub (my birthday present!). It was also Honiton Christmas Carnival in the evening so we headed down to Devon to watch that, picking up some chips and watching some Christmas lights on the way back. 


Here's what the day looked like...




11 lovely others joined in:

Josie joined in on Instagram
Sarah joined in on Instagram
Jennifer joined in on Instagram
Susie from Second Hand Susie joined in on Instagram
Bev from Confuzzledom joined in on Instagram
Jennifer from Pastry and Purls joined in on Instagram
Denise joined in on Instagram Stories
Jane joined in on Instagram Stories
Hannah joined in on Instagram Stories
Alex joined in on Instagram Stories
Nicky joined in on Instagram Stories
And myself on Instagram and on this blog post :-) 



2024's photo an hour dates will be decided soon :-)
 
 

Monday, 3 July 2023

A Photo Every Hour - Saturday 24th June 2023

Saturday 24th was the date chosen for June's photo an hour. Right in the middle of Glastonbury Festival! I'd already done one shift working there and been into the festival on Thursday and Friday; Saturday was my second shift, an evening one. 


Here's what the day looked like...





5 lovely others joined in:

Bev from Confuzzledom joined in on Instagram
Susie from Second Hand Susie joined in on Instagram
Denise joined in on Instagram Stories
Alex joined in on Instagram Stories
Jane joined in on Instagram Stories
And myself on Instagram and on this blog post :-) 



July's photo an hour date is Saturday 22nd - see you there!

 

Tuesday, 21 March 2023

A Photo Every Hour - Saturday 18th March 2023

March's photo an hour date took place on Saturday 18th. We mostly did things around the house, a bit of baking, collected our Tesco shopping order and the major achivement of the day - having a shower completely by myself, no help required (3 weeks and 5 days after my surgery!). Looking at the grid of photos below, it also seems like it was a day of circles! :-D 


Here's what the day looked like...


10 lovely others joined in:

Josie joined in on Instagram
Jennifer joined in on Instagram
Jane joined in on Instagram Stories
Alex joined in on Instagram Stories
Denise joined in on Instagram Stories
Lucy joined in on Instagram Stories
Emma joined in on Instagram Stories
Susie from Second Hand Susie joined in on Instagram
Christine from Christine Lucas joined in on Instagram
Bev from Confuzzledom joined in on Instagram
And myself on Instagram and on this blog post :-) 


April's photo an hour date is Saturday 15th - see you there!
 
 
  
 

Wednesday, 1 March 2023

A Photo Every Hour - Saturday 18th February 2023

Saturday 18th was February's photo an hour date. It was the last weekend before my kidney surgery operation, which took place on Monday 20th. The consultants said it's always a good idea to increase your fitness level before surgery so we decided to pop over to a local town (Frome) and take a wander, finding some geocaches and playgrounds. It was also market day in town so we managed to pick up some yummy chocolate brownies from one of the stalls. 


Here's what the day looked like...


13 lovely others joined in:

Valerie joined in on Instagram
Sarah joined in on Instagram
Naomi joined in on Instagram
Josie joined in on Instagram
Jane joined in on Instagram Stories
Denise joined in on Instagram Stories
Rebecca joined in on Instagram Stories
Lucy joined in on Instagram Stories
Alex joined in on Instagram Stories
Bev from Confuzzledom joined in on Instagram
Christine from Christine Lucas joined in on Instagram
Susie from Second Hand Susie joined in on Instagram
Jennifer from Pastry and Purls joined in on Instagram Stories
And myself on Instagram and on this blog post :-) 



March's photo an hour date is Saturday 18th - see you there!
 
 
  
 

Tuesday, 21 June 2022

A Photo Every Hour - Saturday 18th June 2022

Saturday 18th was the date chosen for June's photo an hour. It was a day of sunshine and showers which meant I was dodging the rain trying to stick some plants in the garden! The rest of the day was taken up with fairly mundane jobs such as putting the laundry away and tidying. 



Here's what the day looked like...



10 lovely others joined in:

Jennifer joined in on Instagram
Andrea joined in on Instagram 
Josie joined in on Instagram
Sarah joined in on Instagram
Naomi joined in on Instagram
Jane joined in on Instagram Stories
Denise joined in on Instagram Stories
Alex joined in on Instagram Stories
Christine from Christine Lucas joined in on Instagram
Susie from Second Hand Susie joined in on Instagram
And myself on Instagram and on this blog post :-) 



July's photo an hour date is Satuday 23rd  - see you there!
 
 

Monday, 7 February 2022

New Year at the Duckpond

So here we are, in 2022 no less. Not quite sure how we're almost a quarter of the way through the 21st century and equally, not quite sure how it's February already. 


  • My Dad's still recovering from his stroke. He spent a few months in a brain injury rehab unit (with occasional trips to hospital for infections) and is now waiting for a space at a nursing home. We haven't been able to visit that often (as the rehab unit closed to visitors whenever there was a COVID outbreak) but the staff at the unit were able to help him do video calls. 

  • Christmas came and went. We took Lily to a couple of outdoor events with Santa - one festive-themed session of her usual sports class and one trip on an outdoor miniature railway. Both events were much safer than being indoors and she loved them anyway regardless of having to wear hats, gloves and scarves. 


  • All of us adults have had our COVID booster and we took my Mum for her 4th vaccine back in January (she was eligible for a 3rd primary dose then her 4th one was her booster). Lily is eligible now as well (due to living in the same household as someone immunosuppressed), we're just waiting to see when we can actually take her to have it done. 

  • I managed to overachive on my GoodReads Reading Challenge last year. I set a target of 39 books and managed to read 70 so that was good. This year though, I'm behind! 

  • Good TV and film we've watched - obviously 'Don't Look Up' on Netflix :-) Such a good movie, very well put together and definitely worth watching if you've haven't already. 'Call the Midwife' which we watch every year is just as good as ever. We're also very much looking forward to 'This Is Going to Hurt' on BBC which starts this week. I've read Adam Kay's books and we've also seen him perform live twice so fingers crossed, the series should be equally good. 'Back to the Outback' on Netflix is also brilliant. It's a children's film but is still very funny. 

  • Lily turned 6 - which is both great and horrifying (where did those years go!?). She asked for a birthday day trip (which ended up being 2 birthday day trips due to a last minute hospital appointment) and we had a lovely afternoon in the winter sun in Barry Island followed a week later by a car picnic in the New Forest with the ponies. 



  • We went to a theatre show - Dr Semmelweis at the Bristol Old Vic - which was a magnificant performance by all the cast and such a interesting story. It was a show I booked back in January 2020 pre-COVID and after being postponed several times, it finally had its performances from January this year. We were in two minds whether to go but a) I'd been looking forward to this one for 2 years (it stars Sir Mark Rylance!) and b) the theatre was still requiring people to wear masks and they also had details of their ventilation system on their website. We donned our FFP3 masks for the entire time and they must've worked because we came through it COVID-free. 


  • I've still been doing the photo an hour challenge every month over on Instagram but not actually getting round to writing them up on here. February's photo an hour date is Saturday 19th - feel free to join in if you want to! 

 


Wednesday, 31 March 2021

A Photo Every Hour - 2020

Well this was a weird year wasn't it? I'm guessing it didn't really go as planned for anyone. But there were still things to take pictures of, even if the majority of them were at home. 


18th January 2020 - Lily had asked for a birthday day trip to see some dinosaurs so we went out to the Dinosaur Museum in Dorchester. We started off with breakfast at a garden centre on the way, had tea and cake for lunch and finished with a stroll on the beach and fish & chips at the seaside. 



15th February 2020 - A day of sorting and tidying (a lot of that went on in 2020!). 



21st March 2020 - A weird day from what I remember, although the lockdown restrictions hadn't started officially it felt like should be staying at home already. Lily watched some online lessons and did lots of playing. 



18th April 2020 - The first photo an hour day officially in lockdown. I made a sling for Lily's toy baby, scanned some old family photos and finished off the last of my Easter chocolate. 



16th May 2020 - I jumped on the 'baking bread' bandwagon and had a go at doing our own (which we still do now when needed). We also repotted some of our plants and seedlings before having dinner in the garden as it was such a lovely sunny day. 



13th June 2020 - More tidying up and playing and in the evening we watched a streaming of some carnival footage from years ago that I'd transferred and sent to a local website. 



18th July 2020 - The most exciting thing that happened that day was the arrival of some dinosaur fabric to make a dress for Lily! A lot of my photos seem to feature rather boring things like washing up or tidying, sorry. 



22nd August 2020 - The start of being able to harvest our vegetables from the veg patch. I scanned some old school photos and put them onto a Facebook group (I'd promised to do that after going to a reunion in 2019) and in the evening we had some home-grown potatoes with our dinner. 



19th September 2020 - This day was mostly spent tidying up the garden and harvesting lots of things from the veggie patch. 





31st October 2020 - Photo an hour fell on Halloween last year and we dressed up and took cake round to my parents house for a mini Halloween party. Lily had great fun doing a spooky chocolate hunt and we had fish & chips for dinner whilst watching the "next slide please" COVID briefing that evening. 



21st November 2020 - Back in lockdown and we started the day with Lily doing an online science lesson. I did a bit of sewing in the afternoon, finishing off a tshirt and dress that I'd started earlier in the week. In the evening we watched the Glastonbury Carnival virtual procession (all the carnivals having been cancelled back in March). 



12th December 2020 - And I didn't realise it at the time, but we ended the year with a photo an hour in the same place as where we started back in January! With a day trip to the south coast, ending up in Weymouth, this time to celebrate my birthday (which was the next day). We had ice cream, fancy hot chocolate and fish & chips by the seaside before venturing into one of the few shops we'd been in all year (armed with a long list of bits for Christmas). 



I'll round up the first few months of 2021 in a few days and then I'll be up to date!

 



Sunday, 28 March 2021

A Photo Every Hour - 2019

Next up in my photo an hour round up, 2019 - the last "normal" year! 


19th January 2019 - Lily had a friend's birthday party to attend north of Bristol so we turned it into a day trip, starting with a Toby Carvery breakfast and taking in the new 'Hey Duggee' movie at the cinema. After the party we did a bit of shopping for Lily's birthday party the following week. 



16th February 2019 - We did some tidying and sorting then went out for a drive to do some geocaching and ended up at a soft play centre for dinner. 



23rd March 2019 - Another day of tidying and sorting out, with a purpose as the next day we were doing a stall at a local baby & children's table top sale. 



27th April 2019 - A day of travelling almost 300 miles home from our Easter holiday break in Anglesey. We stopped off on the way for dinner and a play at Gloucester Servives on the M5 of course. :-) 



19th May 2019 - A Sunday this time and also Andrew's birthday. In the morning I helped at a local baby & children's sale and in the evening, we had birthday pizza before watching a show at the Bath Festival. 



15th June 2019 - Another baby & children's sale, this time the local NCT one where I was volunteering and manning stalls. After the sale me, Lily, my dad and brother headed to the hospital where my mum was (this was the month she was diagnosed with cancer) and then came back to our house for dinner cooked by Andrew. 


20th July 2019 - Was our carnival club's annual fundraising fun day. Andrew took the lorry along as an exhibit, I made lots of cakes and also manned some of the stalls. Lily spent all our money on the stalls winning sweets :-)



24th August 2019 - This day fell on the weekend of Great Dorset Steam Fair and it was a lovely sunny warm day. In the morning me and Lily did our shift in the pay box of a friend's vintage arcade and in the afternoon I did a shift volunteering on the trailer rides around the ring. The evening was spent at the fairground whilst Lily's favourite area of the fair was the freak show (performed by the Circus of Horrors) which was not surprising as we camp directly behind their show and she'd seen all the performers every day. 



21st September 2019 - We went away for the weekend to help run the vintage arcade at Carter's Steam Fair in West Wycombe. It was a lovely autumn day driving there and a mild evening too with fab fireworks to finish. 



12th October 2019 - A day of tidying, cake baking and playing. In the evening we watched a live stream from one of the local carnivals taking place that day. 



16th November 2019 - The last time I performed on a carnival float! (as the processions were cancelled last year for obvious reasons). The morning was spent sorting out my costume and bits from the previous night's procession and then getting ready for that evening's one. 



21st December 2019 - It was our carnival club's Christmas party that day. We had a bit of shopping to do at lunchtime and then I made the cake that'd been requested by a couple of people in the club - a battenberg cake! 



Just one more year - 2020 - to go and then the first few months of 2021 :-) 

 


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