#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) seeing @jazzteabeer.bsky.social perform at #KelhamJazzFestival 🎶
2) catching up with friends 💬
3) I managed to build the first raised bed 🛠
4) honest tradesmen, who won't let you ask for work that isn't needed yet 💚
5) a new haircut 💇🏼‍♂️

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) the exciting potential of seed packets in spring🌱
2) planning new projects in the garden 💭
3) spring sunshine 🌞
4) reading a good book 📚
5) sharing food with friends 🍲
6) a very satisfying #10MinutesInTheGarden digging out brambles 💚

2 cute lego plants

The 2 front pieces of my purple aran crochet cardigan.

Blue classic dualit toaster.

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) our little lego houseplants are so cute 🪴
2) a lovely long walk with @jazzteabeer.bsky.social 💕
3) chatting with our lovely neighbours 💬
4) making good progress with my crochet aran cardigan 🧶
5) our lovely new toaster 🍞

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) blackthorn blossom is everywhere 🌸
2) February is over #SpringIsComing 🌾
3) getting some little jobs done 💪
4) 30 years married to @jazzteabeer.bsky.social 💕
5) discovering new recipes 🍽
6) the bookshelf blanket is finally finished 📚🧶

Purple aran style crochet, that will eventually be a cardigan.

5 little pots of irises, some dark purple and some pale blue, only £2 each on the outdoor market.

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) seeing the sunshine again🌞
2) mini adventures with @jazzteabeer.bsky.social 💕
3) lunch at #Tonco 🍲
4) cooking new recipes 😋
5) working on my new crochet project 🧶
6) treating myself to some little irises 💚

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) a sunny day at last 🌞
2) spending time with @jazzteabeer.bsky.social 💕
3) a quiet weekend at home 🏡
4) watching #SmallProphets 📺
5) chatting with some lovely kids on our street 💬
6) the filing is finally done 🗄🙌

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) sitting reading a book, in a chair overlooking the garden, on a cold rainy day 📚
2) sharing food with friends 🍲
3) we have a lovely cosy life, mostly away from mainstream UK 🏡
4) connecting with our nephew 💕
5) a window onto another world 🪟

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) catching up with family 💬
2) a lovely meal out for my dad's 85th birthday 🎂
3) my parents are both still living active fulfilling lives in their mid 80s 🧓👵
4) my lovely bluesky friends 💙
5) meeting with my book group online on a cold damp evening 📚💬

3 pelicans in St James Park

A pelican in St James Park

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) making a tasty new recipe 😋
2) finding something useful on the street 🪞
3) our wonderful supportive plumber, walked me through fixing the heating 🛠
4) adventures with @jazzteabeer.bsky.social 💕
5) my best ever pelicans visit 💚

A bunch of daffodils in a blue ceramic vase (made by me at a pottery class a couple of years ago).

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) a rare January #10MinutesInTheGarden 💚
2) sharing food with friends 🍲
3) catching a glorious moment of winter sunshine 🌞
4) the wonderful Mr Intgarden 💕
5) a cheery bunch of daffodils 🌼
6) the liquid sunshine of a blood orange 🍊

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) we didn't get 30+cm of snow ❄️
2) sharing food with friends 🍲
3) spending the weekend relaxing with old friends 💬
4) walking normally on pavements when the snow has gone 👣
5) royal mail print at home postage and tracking app 📮
6) a new haircut 💇🏼‍♂️

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) we live in a wonderful city 💚
2) coming home to relax after travelling around seeing everyone 🏡
3) the transformative power of an afternoon kip 💤
4) a crisp cold sunny winter morning 🌞❄️
5) having a cosy warm house to come home to 🏡🔥

Snowman crochet picture

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) catching up with family 🎄💬
2) seeing 4 of the over 80s in our family looking healthy and happy together 💕
3) new record for the 1st snowdrop - 29 December 💚
4) my Christmas crochet project is almost complete ☃️🧶

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) singing #Sheffield carols in the pub 🎄🎶🍻
2) ticking off jobs as Christmas gets closer ✅️
3) reading a good book 📚
4) I finished the border on the #MosaicCrochet bookshelf throw 📚🧶
5) working on my Christmas crochet project ☃️🧶

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) the Christmas decorations are all up🙌
2) my wonderful handmade Christmas tree 🎄
3) sharing food with friends 🍲💬
4) I helped my friend do her own tax return for the first time 📝
5) cosy times indoors, with the fairy lights ✨️

Photo of my bookshelf throw, with just the border to complete. 6 shelves of bright green books and ornaments, with a navy background, and pale blue shelves.

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) the bookshelf #MosaicCrochet throw is looking great now that I've started work on the border 🧶
2) I've written and sent the Christmas cards ✍️📮
3) eating proper clementines from the fruit and veg shop 😋 🍊
4) talking to people 💬

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) reading a good book 📚
2) adventures with @jazzteabeer.bsky.social 💕
3) pie and mash for tea delicious 😋
4) I've done most of the work for the tax return 📝
5) my Christmas shopping is done 🛍
6) a wonderful evening with my book group 📚💬

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) the Christmas shopping is pretty much done 🛍
2) watching The Newsreader on iplayer 📺
3) wrapping up cosy and walking in the winter sunshine 🌞
4) someone might be researching the history of our house 🏠

Photo of my bookshelf throw.

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) fairy lights on a dull November day ✨️
2) cosy times indoors with warming stews and curries 🍛
3) rediscovering watching films on #Mubi🎬
4) another shelf completed on my #MosaicCrochet bookshelf throw 🧶
5) a sainsburys delivery to stock up the cupboards🥫

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) a perfect juicy comice pear 🍐 😋
2) adventures with @jazzteabeer.bsky.social 💕
3) a wonderful trip to Copenhagen 🛩
4) spending time with friends 💬
5) watching live music 🎶
6) eating good food 😋

Photo of our new duvet, with a bright coloured geometric bird pattern.

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) finally washing my hair
2) kicking leaves 🍂🍁
3) autumn sunshine 🌞
4) a perfect and uneventful Saturday ✨️
5) walking with Mr Intgarden 💕
6) we've got new duvets 🛍 🛏
7) a wonderful evening with my book group 📚

2½ bookshelves of crochet blanket. The books are bright green, and piled up in different ways, against a navy background, with pale blue shelves.

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) kicking leaves 🍂🍁
2) autumn sunshine 🌞
3) our wonderful NHS 💙
4) time at home with @jazzteabeer.bsky.social 💕
5) making good progress with my #MosaicCrochet blanket 🧶

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) I didn't need a root filling, and my tooth has been sorted already 🦷
2) a decadent afternoon kip 💤
3) my first comice pear of the year 🍐
4) a night of inspiring music in Bradford 🍛 🎶💬
5) adventures with @jazzteabeer.bsky.social 💕🚉🎶

Photo of my mosaic crochet bookshelf cushion, made using navy yarn and a rainbow yarncake.

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) kicking leaves 🍂🍁🍂
2) I finished my bookshelf cushion 🧶📚
3) sitting in the autumn sunshine reading my book 🌞🍂🏡📚
4) charity bags that allow bric-a-brac 🛍
5) walking with @jazzteabeer.bsky.social 👣
6) the friendly people of #Sheffield 💚💬
7) chippy tea 🍟

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) I finished my nephews sealife mobile 🐙🐋🦀🦈🦑🐡🦞🐟🧶
2) I made apple butter with our apples 🍏🍎🍏🍎
3) I used our green tomatoes to make green tomato pasta sauce 💚
4) cosy time indoors when the weather is wild 🌬💦
5) living in #Sheffield 💚

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) talking to musicians when they stay at our house 🏡🎶💬
2) a weekend at the seaside 🌊
3) catching up with family 💬
4) travelling by train 🚉
5) our car was £1000 cheaper than we feared 🚗
6) reading a good book 📖

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) sunny autumn weather 🌞🍂
2) quiet time at home 🏡
3) the Christmas cards are made already 📮
4) catching up with jobs in the garden 🏡
5) reading a good book in the garden 🏡 📚
5) walking with Mr Intgarden 👣💕

A collection of about 50 freshly picked conkers.

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) collecting autumn treasure 🌰💚
2) travelling by train 🚉
3) a weekend at #LancasterJazz 🎶
4) meeting up with our jazz festival friends 💬
5) spending time talking to musicians 💬
6) our car has been mended 🛠🚗
7) our wonderful local shops 🛍

#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys
1) duolingo gave me a gentle reintroduction to the dutch course, after 3 weeks of german and french 💬
2) sleeping in our own bed again 🛌🏻 💤
3) a wonderful weekend, at home, relaxing with @jazzteabeer.bsky.social 🏡💕

So this week's #ThreeThingsThursday is a bit different... it's 2 days late... and perhaps should be called #HolidayHighlights...

1) a whole week relaxing with @jazzteabeer.bsky.social 💕
2) travelling by train all the way from #Sheffield to #Cologne 🚄