January summed up

thank you Julie for providing a safe harbour for a monthly roundup in numbers

In January I took 31 photos of numbers – each appropriate to the day – as a personal challenge and something different to look out for on my walks (although some were taken in my house).  I took 307 other photos. I was delighted to capture 5 zoom in zoom out pairs and to see so many people join me in this meme.

I read 4 books – one extremely long and another extremely short (a short story really) I enjoyed the former and didn’t mind that it was long, and heavy to hold.  I hated the later and only finished it because it was so short. Both were short listed last year for the Man Booker fiction prize. The other 2 had good narrative and kept me interested.  Tana French is a new author to me – intriguing detective fiction set in Ireland – I’d recommend her if you are into that type of book. Farewell to the East End is part of the ‘Call the Midwife’ set and full of lovely stories mixed with social history.

I crocheted 2 mandalas, 3 hexagons to contribute to a charity blanket for dialysis patients, 2 (more) nurses and finished the 21 flowers and 22 leaves for my spring garland.

For the communal count Julie asked what we pay for bread.  I usually buy the small multi-grain loaf at 85p  or the pack of 6 rolls for 60p, or in a 2 for 1 deal - £1 for 12 rolls.  Which is why I found I had 300g of dry bread in my fridge and made a yummy bread pudding which had to bake for 2 hours at 150C.