A personal challenge - try and write something every day for January 2025
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Having come home (albeit a little earlier than normal) from the day job, I'm doing my 'homework'. A portion of my day is computer related which I choose to do at home. Today I am planning and designing a treasure hunt for children based around the park, a 'bingo' card for littlies to tick off as they run around the gardens and an adult level anagram and word search.
However, I keep being distracted.
I'm in the lounge which faces the lane through the village. Any movement makes my eyes flick over towards the window. So many bobble hats, beanies, trapper hats, berets, slouchies, hoods and caps trog by. After my eye was caught yet again by something colourful bouncing along as the wearer made their way down the footpath, I stopped trying to avoid looking out, leant back and gave myself permission to enjoy the visual feast.
Most folk seem to be ensconced in some variant of woolly type head gear, whether knitted professionally or by their gran, they all seemed to be tugged firmly down around the ears, resting just above or over their eyebrows.
A few fleecy type hats have loped passed, usually more trendy in appearance with bright colours or patterns. The best so far has been a furry trapper type hat. The kind that have long 'ears' which can be fastened tightly below the chin with the hat part pulled down deeply, keeping the head and a goodly part of the face covered .... except this one was not.
The hat was jauntily perched above a cheeky chappy's face with the ear flaps sticking out horizontally, very reminiscent of Grogu's own ears, bouncing quite merrily in time as he walked.
About a half dozen of teenage lads then lanky-legged by in their school uniforms - no hats or scarves and certainly no coats. At what age do lads mature into hat wearing, coat donning, scarf wrapping, fee paying members of the public?
I 'double-hat'.
I wear a thinnish skull cap type - usually crochet cotton courtesy of my sister in law, this acts as a heat trapping layer, topped off with a thicker knitted slouchy beanie. This allows me to removed the outer hat if I get too warm without actually exposing the horrendous bird's nest hat hair that lurks beneath. It does not matter one jot if I contain my feral hair as tightly as possible, I know that once it is hidden deep in a hat - it goes even more wild and makes me look like I have been dragged through a hedge backwards.
Whilst the weather does dictate headgear at the moment I hate my hair after it’s been crammed into my bobble hat. I tend to opt to double hood… my hoodie then my coat. That way I stay toastie and don’t suffer from ‘hat hair’ lol. Carol x
ReplyDeletechuckle - I can suffer 'hat hair' even after day hatless - something about my hair loving it's freedom, like I said - its feral!
DeleteGreat photo. I have a thirteen year old granddaughter who manages to leave her winter jacket at school. With our temperatures, I cannot even imagine how she manages any time outdoors. Such is youth.
ReplyDeleteI think it is, in part, a peer pressure thing as it is 'not cool' to be seen as wrapped up warmly.
DeleteA beautiful winter garden.
ReplyDeleteVery sensible doing the computer work at home
It is typically an English council park, kept neat and tidy and sparse, however it would look glorious if fully planted up. So, quietly quietly my volunteers and I are doing just that!
DeleteLovely photo through the arch.
ReplyDeleteIt's weird how children never seem to feel cold. I see some in my village standing waiting for the the school bus without coats - crazy. My mum wouldn't have let me out to wait for the bus without my duffle coat!
It was a particularly picturesque view yesterday with the frosty additions 😊
DeleteI like hat weather. Wearing one helps keep my hair under control :)
ReplyDeleteAll weather has the delightful pleasure of being potentially hat weather 😁
DeleteAhh I have two hats of choice m'dear, at present is a thick thermal insulated wooly hat for the Workshop or outdoor when this blasted weather will allow and a rather jaunty wide brimmed jungle hat for the warmer days of the year which has a permanent odor of lavender oil to try to keep the wee bitey beasties of me ears n neck
ReplyDeleteYup! Hats are definitely for all weather ( and midges are the pits!)
DeleteAs you know I wear a crochet bobble type hat everyday..... even in summer.... years ago our local fish and chips commented on me not wearing a hat..... I did have quite a collection of them but now I'm down to about 4.... I can't imagine not wearing one.... x
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