My February

Despite it being the shortest month, February seemed to drag on forever.  I’m not very good at being indoors but. the awful storms we experienced unfortunately left very little choice.  We fared much better than our neighbours in the UK and France but, our poor little island still took an awful battering…….some might say we were literally left ‘clinging to a rock’.

When there was finally a break in the weather it became apparent that i am not the only person who suffers from ‘cabin fever’…..it seemed the entire population of the island were out and about.

Here is a selection of my favourite ‘out and about in Guernsey’ photos from February.

View over the St Peter Port Harbour from the ‘Blue Mountains’

Castle Cornet

Amarreurs Harbour at low tide

The island looked so beautiful in the winter sunshine I was even inspired to write poetry whilst out on one of my coastal walks!!

My list of ‘40 things to do in 2014′ is progressing very nicely.  My picture of the month is a February themed doodle I did whilst enjoying a doodle day which i blogged about previously.

My book of the month I’m afraid is not terribly interesting…..I have taken on some study but having spent much of the last 2 years studying, I really wasn’t planning on this for the first half of the year.  The result is that I haven’t been organised enough to have study time and pleasurable reading time therefore, my book of the month is my study text book……which I can confirm I have read cover to cover.  Whilst the studying is on-going I am now more organised and I have already made a start on my march book of the month.

I had a go at archery which was very enjoyable although, I was a little disappointed not to be able to dust off my Robin Hood tunic and tights……?!  After a slow start I was rather pleased to hit the gold part of the target on multiple occasions and, I’m now very much hoping to get onto a beginners course in the summer.

My beginners course of Guernsey french or, Guernesais (pronounced Jur-nayz-yeah) has sadly come to an end.  It’s such a complicated language as there is no written word, there are different dialects for different parts of the island and it’s not spoken in day to day life so practicing is difficult……plus the parish that I live in is the most difficult to pronounce……my many attempts to do so often bought laughter to the lessons.  Undeterred though I have signed up for a follow up course which begins this week.

For now though I will say good-bye until next time or in Guernesais A la perchoine.

Jo