Month: May 2021

• May 27, 2021

  Thursday Photo Challenge is Changing.

  I’ve been doing these photo challenges for six months, now, and despite the fact that I’ve been part of the photography wordpress community, I wasn’t prepared for how bitchy and cliquey people can be. So far, I’ve had to delete more than a handful of really nasty, shitty comments from people who think they’re photographers,…
• May 21, 2021

  DIY chalkboard magnets crafting

  

  So after I did my chalkboards (tutorial here), I had some very small offcuts of chalkboard stickyback vinyl just sitting around, looking sad and lonely. When I got another Amazon delivery, I finally had a box I could turn into these super-cute DIY chalkboard magnets! If you want to make your own, you will need:…
• May 20, 2021

  Mystery: Join the Thursday Photo Challenge!

  

  Welcome! Come and join the Thursday Photo Challenge, a weekly photography challenge for everyone who likes to take photos! Oh, wow, I can’t believe this challenge marks six months of Thursday Photo Challenge! Time flies when you’re having fun. This week’s challenge is a mystery. Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s…
• May 18, 2021

  How to calculate the yield from a soap recipe

  When you’re making a soap recipe, one thing you might wonder is how to calculate the yield from your soap recipe. Yield noun – the amount or quantity produced or returned. There is a really easy way to calculate the yield from any recipe. However, some real world variables will affect the calculation, and in…
• May 17, 2021

  Our shower caught fire! Total DIY bathroom renovation

  

  We renovated our whole bathroom including doing the plumbing. Here’s what we did and how we did it, so you too can DIY renovate your bathroom! Navigation: Introduction Complications Removal of the shower enclosure Removing two layers of tiles Removing the plastic strip from enclosure Removing the damaged wall Change of plans Removing the shower…
• May 13, 2021

  Sleepy: Join the Thursday Photo Challenge

  

  Welcome! Come and join the Thursday Photo Challenge, a weekly photography challenge for everyone who likes to take photos! Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience. This is the ideal life. Mark Twain This week’s theme is sleepy! What can you come up with? My photo is from a rare animal rescue cafe in…
• May 11, 2021

  9 Prehistoric sites you can day trip from York

  

  The county of North Yorkshire has some pretty fantastic prehistoric sites. The City of York itself doesn’t really have anything but within an hour’s drive, there’s lots to see. If you want to visit Neolithic monoliths, Iron Age ceremonial mounds, Bronze age stone circles or prehistoric art in the form of cup and ring marks,…
• May 10, 2021

  5 places where you can see Roman remains in York (3 are free)

  

  York is a city famous for its rich history. However, York’s Roman past can be hard to find on your first trip to the city, as most of the historic buildings are younger. Here is a list of five places where you can see some real Roman remains in York (three of them are free)…
• May 9, 2021

  6 Best Picnic Spots in York

  If you’ve brought a picnic to York (or bought takeaway food), the biggest city in North Yorkshire, at some point you will be looking for somewhere to eat it. One thing you will definitely want to do is sit down. You can’t move for cafes in York these days, but nothing beats just sitting on…
• May 8, 2021

  54 Easy Day Trips From York

  York is perfectly situated for a range of day trips in North Yorkshire, from Knaresborough to the Vale of Pickering, and from Whitby to Bridlington. Here are forty of the many places you can visit in a day from York. All of these will take an hour or less to drive to (unless bad traffic),…