Hello there, and welcome back to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any blog post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked, comment and share some of that love.

Please don’t link up posts which are older as they will be removed from the linky, and if older posts are linked then please don’t feel that it’s necessary to comment on those. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here this week we’re pleased you’ve joined us.

Isn’t it great to have lighter evenings again? The days have been progressively extending throughout January, and it’s now much closer to 5pm that the sun sets. The sunsets and sunrises here continue to be spectacular, but it’s the time in between that’s most valuable. This week I managed to get out in the garden for the first time this year, finally getting around to planting up the bulbs I’d meant to plant before Christmas. Of course they were already sprouting so hopefully they’ll approve of their new soil-based environment and reward me with flowers in due course!

I’d also run out of crocks so I had a smashing time with some of our old soup bowls, a garden trug and a hammer making some more - they made for a pretty good picture too!