Autumn Adventure....

On Thursday I finally had holidays but I still had to get up early for my niece. I took her to school and she asked me to come and get her. This is the conversation we have every morning... Will you come to collect me Khala? The answer is usually no except on Fridays.

After I collected her from school we went to the park which I've never seen in Autumn and I absolutely loved it but we didn't have time to walk through all the park as I had an appointment. Still where we did go my niece was over the moon to go.

I would love to have let her run wild in the leaves but with not having wellies on I couldn't let her completely let her hair down as her sock would have ended up wet. Later we were watching TV and there were children running through leaves and throwing them in the air... she suddenly shouting 'Khala I want to do that' which made me feel quite bad that I couldn't have let her enjoy the leaves completely.

It was so weird to see flowers in the park, especially at this time of year as the temperature has dropped a lot. Still I guess you can do anything when you use potted plants.

I could take photos of this building all day as there are so many different angels to it. We had some fun in the adventure playground where I took many more wonderful photos of my niece before adventuring down to the lake....

Of course we couldn't leave without visiting the ducks but I'd forgotten to take some bread and they were all so hungry. Those on the path and in the water came rushing over as we were walking down and once they realised we had nothing they left just as quickly. Whilst we were near the ducks we saw a grey squirrel bouncing around. My niece wanted to go and talk to it but I had to stop her as she didn't understand that it would be scared of us.

 

After an hour we left, I went to my appointment then home for something to eat before finally getting up to take my niece to the library as I honestly can't remember the last time I took her as I don't get to spend as much time with her now when I come back from work as my mum is teaching her the Islamic alphabet in order to be able to read the Qu'ran one day. I didn't end up taking her to my local library but one closer to where she lives which is such a cute little building...

I came across some Mr Men books which I showed my niece, she was over the moon to see them as its the last thing we watch before she has to go to school. I don't like the way the cartoons made but she loves it especially Mr Rude. I've actually bought her a complete Mr Men collection for Eid but I won't be getting it until after my holidays.

They also have some toys in this library which my niece played with before we ventured home by which point we were both like a set of drunks with exhaustion.

 

I didn't get to rest yesterday either so today I woke up with the most hideous headache, it doesn't help that I stayed up a little later then usual reading a book either. Still I've got a whole week to enjoy now but I'm sure it will soon fly by.

 

Are you have any autumn adventures or are you unlucky to be experiencing snow right now?

How are you?

I hope that you'll all have a great week!

Time just seems to be flying by as usual and this is the last week of Ramadan. 

Have you got any plans for the week?

These days...

• I am almost into the third week of my holidays and I can not believe how quickly time has flown by.
• We are half way through Ramadan already, I'm tired and lack water but otherwise its not bothering me. I'm so glad though that I have holidays as otherwise I would have struggled. I am really really craving ice-cream though.
• I spent a super sunny day at the park with my niece, my photographs aren't all that exciting which is why I haven't posted them here but you can of course view them on my Instagram or flickr.
• My sister bought me a journal for my 100 ideas which I've decided to use instead of the one I decorated even though that is colourful.
• I went to the supermarket with my sister as my niece was refusing to go with her without me. A child came up to me asking if I'd seen his mum like I knew who he was. I took him to customer service but it made me so anxious. I hate things like that.
• My niece and I sat and watched Matilda. When Matilda and Miss Honey were in Miss Truchbulls house my niece kept telling me to change the channel because she was going to get them. It was so cute as what is it to a 3 year old what happens.
• There is a possibility I could be buying a house but there is just so much drama surrounding it, its really irritating me.
• I haven't read a book all holiday even though I'm half way through one.
• I really need to get a move on with my projects as I have so many ideas. Part of my problem is that my sister turns up at a time when I just sit down to do something. Then I can't get anything done due to my niece wanting attention. Today and Yesterday I went to their house and bought her back with me.
• We are having some serious thunder storms here and I love it.
• My sister, niece and I will be visiting the zoo this week which I'm excited about but will be so tired afterwards because of it.

What have you been up to?

Lister Park

Lister Park used to be the home of Samuel Lister and was left to the council I'm guess when he died. His home is used as an art gallery and the grounds as a park and garden. I'm only going to show you half the park today as I didn't get the chance to go to all the areas on this day.

You already know that I absolutely love old buildings and maybe you can understand why with all that beautiful detail carved into the building. I imagine those workers took such pride in making this house  but also the mill further up the road which is also an impressive building with a huge chimney which can be seen for miles.

The door used to be the entrance to the cafe but now that they have built the boat house there is no longer any use for it which I think is a shame as the area outside it is like a huge balcony or terrace so I can imagine there being a couple of tables outside to enjoy a nice 'high tea'. The boat house could offer more of the burger etc... style food. Typical Bradfordian style though, they just abandon a good thing.

This is the boat house with an eating area inside and out, toilets and other bits and pieces. I think it does add some characters to the lake though.

I would have loved to have taken my niece around the lake but I was really wary of time as I had to get her back for when her parents turned up to get her. Still we managed to see some funny ducks with their bottom in the air and the white duck came over to see what was going ok. I've ended up ordering the photos like this as it looks like the white duck had something to say before swimming away.

The lake isn't the only watery area in the park, this fountain garden was built about 10 years ago to add a little something to the park. Along with using the stream in the Botanical Garden to create an oriental looking area which is beautiful. Plus many waterfalls. I only stayed in one quarter of the park but if I ever get the chance to go again soon I'll definitely visit that end so that I can share it with you.

I could have taken a million photos of just the benches as there's something about benches in general that I really like. The last one has been paid for by a family whose relationship has died and the carving is in memory of them.  I also weirdly have a thing about litter bins, I love the style of the blue one above at the refreshment place but I also really like the  litter bin outside the park too. I'll have to weird and take a photo of one so you can see what a litter bin in Bradford looks like.

Of course we had to admire some of the pretty flowers. I just really wish it would stop raining and its being a pain in the backside with my project. I've ended up with 2 really soggy envelopes because of it but I'm just carrying on as if the weather is brilliant as people still need cheering up.

This is one of my favourite places to visit. I've done well to visit 2 of them within a couple of days.

What are some of your places to visit?