Found new bus routes
Bulk cooking day
Opened up the cat flap
Utility to Catio and back
Again and again …
Sum up Sunday
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Wordy Wednesday
This week, I’m going to hand over to Nev, the main character from my children’s book, The Clocker. Nev likes to make up his own words and he’s going to share one of them.
I love making up words. Sometimes there isn’t one that exists that says what you want. I started making up words when I was little. It made people laugh so I made up more. The first made up word in The Clocker is ‘slumpfolded’. It means you’re slumped and folded over all at once. It described how my dad looked when my mum had left us. Apparently, that word also means something to do with a geographical feature but I think my meaning is better.
Have you ever made up a word, either by adding two words together or creating your own word? I’d love to hear them (and so would Nev).
The Crowning Place of Scottish Kings: Acquired 2026
Scone Palace, this was the place to be, the crowning place of the true Scottish Kings. The place where all the kings named on this tea towel were …
The Crowning Place of Scottish Kings: Acquired 2026
A lovely piece of Scottish history from THE tea towel aficionado – great read
Wordy Wednesday
Today’s word is shonky for no other reason than I like it. To me, it’s one of those words that expresses its meaning very well. Shonky is an informal Australian/ New Zealand word referring to a person or action that is dishonest, unreliable or illegal. Shonky goings on, for example. The word shonk describes someone who is engaged in dodgy business dealings and its origin is thought to be from English dialect, shonk, ‘smart’ appearing in the 1970s.
I expect we all know someone, or something, shonky.
Sum up Sunday
Sunday is here and it’s time to sum up my week in 25 words or less. I look forward to reading your ‘sum-ups’ too.
Here goes:
Hospital, meds delivery
Going here and there
All disjointed
See old friends, eat and laugh
Back to writing
My (mostly) happy place
Even Peacocks Shelter from the Rain
Yesterday, we went to visit Scone Palace and had just arrived, when so did the rain. A great cry went up from several of the peacocks who call the place home. As I turned, I saw this peacock hop into the tree. I quickly took a photo before we sought our own shelter in the café. Not the greatest photo but it made me smile.
A lovely tea towel blog from a Guinness World Record holder (tea towel collection)
Myths and Magic by Esther Moonstomp
Today, I’m welcoming Esther on her blog tour. Congratulations on her second book in this series. I’ll hand over to Esther to tell you more.
My enormous thanks goes out to Liz for being part of the blog tour for my second children’s book, Myths and Magic. I’m now on stop three.
So, what’s it all about? My main character is Saffy, and she found a magical dragon at the bottom of her garden. The dragon is called Lily and she and her world are in danger. In The Secret Dragon, the first book in the Saffy’s Secret Quest Series, the pair discovered they had a series of clues to uncover and solve in order to restore Lily and her magical world to their magnificent selves.
Book two is due out on the 28th May but the paperback is available now to pre-order. The series is for 5-7 year olds, so it’s ideal for parents to read to children or for those that have just started to read on their own. It’ll make a great gift for any young children you know!
The Blurb:
Saffy has solved the first clue in her quest to save the magical world of Mandoreum from danger. Now it’s time to find the second.
She isn’t alone. Her new friend, Lily, a dragon from Mandoreum, wants to help. Together they take a trip and uncover special stories and unexpected surprises.
But Saffy soon learns that first appearances are not always what they seem. And plotting in the background is a witch who will do everything she can to stop them…
Extract:
Knights with silver swords towered above her, while kings and queens stood royally. Fairies fluttered from one corner of the room to another and cute creatures scampered amongst thick green grass. She was sure Lily would be sneaking a look, taking it all in.
A roar echoed through the room.
Saffy shuddered, afraid. Could it be one of Narla’s workers? Lily had explained that Narla had workers who would try and stop them – and those workers could be in any form. Saffy had already fought off witches’ hats when they discovered the first clue. Was this the next one?
“Aaah,” Lily yelped. “An ogre!”
Saffy caught sight of a huge, menacing ogre looming over them.
Author bio:
Esther has been a freelance writer for over twenty-five years, regularly writing articles and short stories for magazines and newspapers.
Winner of several competitions, including those run by Writing Magazine and The Global Short Story Contest, she has also had the privilege of judging writing competitions and relished being given the role of head judge of the Writers’ Forum monthly short story competition.
Esther loves writing but equally enjoys helping others, which she achieves in her role as a tutor for The Writers Bureau.Always on the lookout for a new challenge, she is taking the distance learning college over at the end of July.
She has had two how-to books on writing published, with a third due out later this year, as well as two collections of short stories. Her second children’s book is coming out in May, where she writes under the name of Esther Moonstomp.
Blogs: https://estherchilton.co.uk
Buying links:
UK: Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Myths-Magic-Saffys-Secret-Quest/dp/1806342103
Ebook: details to be released soon.
US: details to be released soon.
Sum up Sunday
In January, I set myself the task of summing up my week every Sunday in 25 words or less. I’d love to hear your sum ups too. Here’s mine for this week.
The sun arrives and fades, returns
Winks, splutters, twists and turns
As I volunteer, write
Gaze in wonder at the Iron Giant.
Sum up Sunday
Busy charity shop day
B12 jab, happy birthday me
Write, write, write.
Feet, a scan and biopsy
Cats and a day out.
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