Sarah Barker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

September round up ... A busy month!
More author visits to Gladstone's Library, views of the valley, ceramic jewelkery workshop, closing a music festival with the North Wales Choral Union, the tree, exhibitions, colds days needing the log burner, days out and a bit of sketching too.

August roundup ... Competing at the Genedlaethol Eisteddfod, performing concerts, seeing an incredible jewellery exhibition at Ruthin Craft Centre, cold days, a birthday at Gladstone's Library & followed everywhere by wasps!
#NationalEisteddfod
#GenedlaetholEisteddfodWrecsam
#Wales
#NorthEastWales

July round up ... Knitting, ducks, days out, sweaty concerts, more ducks and a new car.
#july

Saturday saw Lleisiau'r Afon competing at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod in the Women's Choir SSAA. Brutal heat both on the maes and in the tent & on Stage. Brilliant time, came 2nd, missing out by 1 point. Photos by everyone. Never been so bloody hot!
#singing

alphaguess: a word game Guess the word of the day. Guesses reveal where the word is positioned alphabetically. Everyone plays the same word each day.

🧩 Puzzle #711

🤔 8 guesses

⏱️ 1m 45s

🔗 alphaguess.com

A round up of June where we ventured out into the world of author events, crafting events, ceramics fairs and plant fairs. Dug out and rebuilt the front garden and spotted the wonderful Keith Brymer-Jones.
#JuneShenanigans

May round up, a month of concerts, a birthday, a wedding anniversary, book events, opera in Llangollen, learning new skills and amazing weather producing great sunrises and sunsets.

Look what's been chatting outside my window this evening ... Little Owl and Tawny Owl. How exciting! 🦉🦉
#Owls
#NorthEastWales

Slightly jealous of your beach haul 😉

Best of April 2025

Raindrops on all the plants!

February - mostly spent looking after R with A&E visits, hospital clinics, visits to Doctors, hospital knitting, Zumba for female solidarity and giggles, and a trip around the countryside for the fresh air.
#NotTheBestMonthTBH

Beautiful 😍

January round up, not a lot going on apart from an unhealthy amount of snow.
#WinterArrived
#Wales
#Singing

Thanks to @sarahnicholas.bsky.social I caught the gorgeous sunrise from my bathroom window in Glyndyfrdwy this morning. A North Wales sunrise 🧡🩷❤️

@bluesrock41 on Threads “Turkish artist, Deniz Sagdic, transforms discarded materials such as denim, buttons, and plastic, into visually complex and striking portraits that promote sustainability and challenge perceptions of...

Seen on Threads, amazing creativity, creating art using buttons, denim, plastic and fabric ❤️
www.threads.net/@bluesrock41...

Beautiful, my favourite flower 🌸

Bus stop views, actually waiting for a lift to choir.
#BusStopViews

I'm with him on that one 😁

Aww bless 😁❤️

More of the same. Snow, ice, cold ... yes I know it's winter.

Great to see you on here 😀

I give up 😪😪😪

In my 60s and lost count of the social platforms I've started ... but here we are again.

Absolutely, it's a Cat Day ... although every day should be a Cat Day ☺️🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

Thanks ☺️

Fingers crossed 🤞

Very!

Today was recycling bins but we have snow on snow ... so god only knows 🤦‍♀️

2025 so far ...