#SundayStills ~ Out and About in the Great #Outdoors #Nature #Photography

Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terri Webster Schrandt. The Great Outdoors is the theme this week. The photos below are from a recent visit to Cholmondeley Castle Gardens in Cheshire.   Hiking in the hills above Penmaenmawr, North Wales These are from a visit to Scotland a few years ago. We stayed … Continue reading #SundayStills ~ Out and About in the Great #Outdoors #Nature #Photography

#ThrowbackThursday ~ The Glass Room (Vera Stanhope #5) by Ann Cleeves #Crime in Northumberland #Vera

Welcome to another Throwback Thursday link up with The Chocolate Lady's feature.  The Glass Room is the fifth book in Ann Cleeves’ Vera Stanhope series – which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn, VERA. DI Vera Stanhope is not one to make friends easily, but her hippy neighbours keep her well-supplied … Continue reading #ThrowbackThursday ~ The Glass Room (Vera Stanhope #5) by Ann Cleeves #Crime in Northumberland #Vera

Dragon Surf by D.G. Driver #Contemporary #YA #Fantasy @DGDriverAuthor #BookTwitter #TuesdayBookBlog

Author: D.G. Driver Published: March 2024 by Fire & Ice Young Adult Books Category: YA, Fantasy, Contemporary ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Eric Long’s dad is a champion surfer. His mom is an artist, obsessed with Chinese dragons. On his 15th birthday, both of his parents’ interests collide and change everything he knows about the world. While on a … Continue reading Dragon Surf by D.G. Driver #Contemporary #YA #Fantasy @DGDriverAuthor #BookTwitter #TuesdayBookBlog

#SundayStills ~ Water Water Everywhere #Water #Nature #Photography

Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terri Webster Schrandt. This weeks prompt is Everything Water.   These images are from Lake Vyrnwy, a reservoir in Powys, Wales. The valley, including the village of Llanwddyn, was flooded in the 1880s to create the reservoir for Liverpool Corporation Waterworks in order to supply fresh water … Continue reading #SundayStills ~ Water Water Everywhere #Water #Nature #Photography

Dark Highland Skies by Lizzie Lamb #BookReview for #RBRT #ScottishFiction #Contemporary @lizzie_lamb #BookTwitter #TuesdayBookBlog

Author: Lizzie Lamb Independently Published May 2023 Category: Contemporary Fiction, Romance, Scottish Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Astrophysicist Halley Dunbar has spent her career peering into the space hoping to find the one-in-a-billion exoplanet outside our solar system capable of sustaining life. Such a find would be the climax of her scientific career and establish her as a … Continue reading Dark Highland Skies by Lizzie Lamb #BookReview for #RBRT #ScottishFiction #Contemporary @lizzie_lamb #BookTwitter #TuesdayBookBlog

The Memory of You by Samantha Tonge ~ Blog Tour #BookReview @SamTongeWriter @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources #BoldwoodBloggers

I'm delighted to share my review of The Memory of You for the blog tour organised by Rachel's Random Resources. My Thoughts Alex had reached the heights as a best selling author but after a scathing review of her latest book and an unsettling text from her agent, she felt her career was over. Consequently, … Continue reading The Memory of You by Samantha Tonge ~ Blog Tour #BookReview @SamTongeWriter @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources #BoldwoodBloggers

#SundayStills ~ Playtime #Dogs #Pets

Welcome to the Sunday Stills feature hosted by Terri Webster Schrandt. The theme this week is pets and playgrounds.  At the moment, apart from on lead walks, Flynn's playground is the garden. He makes full use of it, haring round like a mad thing. I keep well clear after his failure to stop last year. … Continue reading #SundayStills ~ Playtime #Dogs #Pets

#GuestPost ~ ‘I Was Expecting Someone Younger’ by Sheila Turner Johnston @sperringold

I'm delighted to welcome Sheila Turner Johnston with her guest post. Over to you, Sheila. I came fairly late to novel writing – and that’s as far as I’m willing to go with that sentence! As a child I filled jotters with stories about my family’s pets – kittens, mice, hamsters, and guinea pigs. When … Continue reading #GuestPost ~ ‘I Was Expecting Someone Younger’ by Sheila Turner Johnston @sperringold

#PublicationDay #BookReview ~ Lyrics for the Loved Ones (Matilda Windsor #3) by Anne Goodwin #Contemporary #LiteraryFiction @annecdotist

Author: Anne Goodwin Published: 15th May 2023  Category: Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ After half a century confined in a psychiatric hospital, Matty has moved to a care home on the Cumbrian coast. Next year, she’ll be a hundred, and she intends to celebrate in style. Yet, before she can make the arrangements, her ‘maid’ … Continue reading #PublicationDay #BookReview ~ Lyrics for the Loved Ones (Matilda Windsor #3) by Anne Goodwin #Contemporary #LiteraryFiction @annecdotist

#SundayStills Monthly Colour Challenge ~ Purple Hues #Nature #Photography

Welcome to the Sunday Stills Monthly Colour Challenge feature hosted by Terri Webster Schrandt. This month is all about shades of purple. I've gone with florals and this is one of my favourites with the flowers framing the blue tit. A lovely purple hebe and a pretty little viola I love the colours of this … Continue reading #SundayStills Monthly Colour Challenge ~ Purple Hues #Nature #Photography