Sunday 21 September 2014

'Sunday Morning' by Fearghal

Week # 7 of 52 for 2014 - Sunday Morning - [Explored February 16th 2014]
Photo credit: Fearghal on Flickr

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend. After having nights out for the past three Saturdays I was looking forward to a slightly less busy day yesterday. It was not to be though. I went to Parkrun in the morning which is my new favourite way to start the weekend. Followed by a bit of shopping for school things for my daughter. Then in the afternoon we went out to see friends and even though it was only an afternoon thing we still didn't get home until really late! Never mind it was a lovely day and the kids weren't fussed about their late bedtime. I'm just a bit tired today and in need of a lazy Sunday if there is such a thing as a lazy Sunday when you have children!

Obviously today needed a lazy Sunday photograph and this bright and sunny looking one definitely does the job. I love all the subtle soft colours. And I what I think is especially effective is the way the green in the cup and plant match so well.

Happy Sunday everyone!

Tuesday 16 September 2014

'St Ives' by Me

St Ives
Photo credit: PhotoPuddle on Flickr

This summer we went on holiday to Cornwall. It was our second holiday there and I loved it just as much as I did when went last year. In fact I think I fell in love with it even more. I hope we can manage another break away down there next year. It's hard to explain why exactly but the place has really captured my heart. It's still in England but feel like a million miles away. It's just so beautiful and I love the relaxed atmosphere. As you can imagine I took one or two photos so I had better start sharing them here. Here is Porthminster Beach at St Ives. It is such a lovely sandy beach I could stay there all day. Sigh... Cornwall I miss you...

Monday 15 September 2014

'Conkers season' by Rainer Schütz

Conkers season
Photo credit: Rainer Schütz on Flickr

We appear to be in that strange no man's land where summer is over but it's not quite autumn yet. The weather is so varied. It's really cold first thing in the morning but hot and sunny by the afternoon. I'm not really complaining as I love the sunshine and am pleased it's not raining. I just think it's contributing to me feeling so unsettled and anxious at the moment. I will probably be complaining how miserable I am because it's raining by next week!

What I am loving though is that it is conker season. I love conkers, they are so shiny and pretty. In fact I think I like collecting them more than my kids do. I have been picking up lots recently to keep on the windowsils to keep the spiders out. Probably just an old wive's tale but I am not taking any risks. I had to use this photo. Just look at all those conkers. I have never seen so many lying on the floor like that. Usually by the time I get to them they have been collected already or squashed. I wonder if that man in the background will be tempted to pick up a handful himself.

Friday 12 September 2014

'17/365 square' by Jolanda Boekhout

17/365 Square (last one of the April theme). First of the roses. It's become a tradition to shoot the first rose in bloom in the garden. This rose is amazing, a hand full gorgeous soft vintage pink. #a52inpolaroid #mylifeinpolaroid #thepolagirlsclub #pola
Photo credit: Jolanda Boekhout on Flickr

So here it is. The weekend. I hope you all have some wonderful things planned and have a really relaxing time. I plan to be back at the park first thing tomorrow for my second Parkrun. I enjoyed it so much last week I am going back for more. Plus someone mentioned cake.

I shall kick the weekend off by showing you this beautiful and delicate polaroid photo. I don't actually think this would have worked so well as a crisp digital image. The softness of this is what makes it so lovely.

Happy weekend everyone!

Thursday 11 September 2014

'307' by Mariano Belmar

307
Photo credit: Mariano Belmar or Flickr




























I think this photo is wonderful. I love how the pink and green works together perfectly against the grey background. I also love the fact that it's two old ladies wandering down the beach together. I wonder what their story is. Have they been best of friends for years? What are they chatting about? And what is in the green carrier bag? I love the green carrier bag!

This photo also made me thoughtful. Who will I have to walk arm in arm with down the beach when I am old? Other than members of my family I don't have a best friend. I am not complaining. I am very lucky as I have lots of friends and lots of people who I am close to and have a great time with. But I am not anyone's best friend. In fact of all the people I feel closest to they always talk about their  best friends (or bestie as best friends seem to be called these days) that aren't me! I guess most people met their BBF (is that the tight term?) when they were at school, college or uni. When I was at uni I was busy meeting my husband and you know what, he's a pretty fabulous best friend so I won't be too sad. I think walking arm in arm with him down the beach when we sure old will be just lovely.

Wednesday 10 September 2014

'late afternoon' by Susan L.

late afternoon
Photo credit: Susan L. on Flickr

So we are properly into September now. Thank goodness it is so warm and sunny or I would really have the post summer blues. I am just feeling kind of unsettled at the moment. September always seems to be a time of change which I am finding hard to embrace at the moment. I am also feeling really tired and anxious about various things. I could do with a very long weekend in bed doing nothing - although to be fair I think all that would do would make me feel guilty about not doing all the things I should be doing! And there always seems to be a lot of things I should be doing.

Here is a picture of a wall and a window made extraordinarily beautiful by the shadows on the walls. What a perfectly observed image. I love shadows like that as they are just crying out to be photographed.

I hope you are all easing yourselves into autumn gently and are enjoying the nice weather. And if you are reading this from the other side of the world. Then, yay it must be spring for you so enjoy!

Tuesday 9 September 2014

'Oh we do like to be beside the seaside' by Me

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside
Photo credit: PhotoPuddle on Flickr





















So you may have noticed that before yesterday I hadn't blogged in ages. The main reason for that is that over the summer I decided to keep a journal to record all the fun we had in the school holidays. And by that I mean a proper paper scrapbook filled with pictures and words and even a few drawings all about our adventures. I loved doing it and I still flick through it every day as it makes me smile. Anyway, all this scrapbooking of an evening left little time for blogging. Instead of feeling guilty about not doing it I decided to consciously take a break for August and come back to this little old blog of mine in September. So here I am. Hello! I hope you had a fabulous summer. Here is one of my favourite photos of the summer. It's my son and daughter and their friends walking along holiday hands on Brighton seafront. It kind of sums up the summer for us as we spent most of the time out and about with friends. I hope all had a wonderful summer. Here's to a brilliant autumn!

Monday 8 September 2014

'Hastings on Hudson' by June Marie

Hastings On Hudson
Photo credit: June Marie on Flickr





















So how was you weekend? Mine was busy, busy and a little bit more busy. It included my very first Parkrun (a weekly Saturday running race thing for those of you that don't know about running, a major tidy up at home, an 80s themed 40th birthday party (which hubby and I both went to TOGETHER), a morning wander around Nymans in West Sussex, scrummy Sunday roast at the pub, a 3rd birthday party and finally an early night tucked up in bed watching the morning's coverage of the Great North Run. What did you get up to this weekend? Lots of fabulous things I hope!

I am using this photo today as it's summery and it seems that after a couple of dodgy weeks in August summer decided to come back to us in September. I love the warmth of this image and I am really drawn to the yellow car in particular.
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