'retreat to the quiet of english summer' by matthewheptinstall

retreat to the quiet of english summer, a photo by matthewheptinstall on Flickr.

I'm kind of bored of all the snow now. It's just at that icy and/or slushy stage - certainly no fun to play in any more. It actually melted a lot here today but then around 4pm it started snowing again. I wonder what will happen over night.

Anyway, just in case you were getting a little bored of snowy photos on here or feel the need to warm up a little I though a beautiful summery photo was in order. I love this one as it sums up a perfect summer day. It looks warm but not overly boiling hot. The girl appears to be wandering off to find a quite spot to sit and read her book. An absolutely perfect way to spend a summer's day.

'Quebec City Canada' by olivier barjolle

Quebec City Canada, a photo by olivier barjolle on Flickr.

Well I found out why my Polaroid scans were so disappointing. Apparently I had the settings wrong and didn't scan them in at a high enough resolution. Very annoying. I guess I'll scan them all in again - well at some point anyway! I've not taken any snowy Polaroid shots myself so thought I'd have a look to see how other people do it. I love the calmness of this one. I also think it was taken with expired film which would be why there are really cool colours and patterns around the edges. I'm not sure if it's meant to snow here again but if it does I'll definitely have to get my Polaroid out!

'Snowy feet' by Me

Snowy feet, a photo by PhotoPuddle on Flickr.

I was expecting more snow over night last night but there wasn't any. Kind of pleased but also a bit disappointed as we've not made a snowman yet! More snow is forecast for the next couple of days though so you never know tomorrow could be snowman day!

Here is a photo I took yesterday of my little girl in the snow. I had to brighten it up a little bit just to show how brilliant and pure the snow really was. I love how crisp and bright snow is and how it just makes anything else white, especially cars, look rather dirty.

Hope you're enjoying your snow days!

'West Pier in the snow' by fotobes

West Pier in the snow, a photo by fotobes on Flickr.

Well the snow came properly today and for us it didn't really cause too much chaos. In fact it actually seemed rather quiet out when I took my daughter to the park for a bit of a snowball fight. To be honest as we are forecast more snowfall over night I think I many people are just waiting to build their snowman. I reckon there'll whole new population of snow characters tomorrow and traffic jams of sledges tomorrow!

I love this photo of West Pier in the snow. I was surprised because I didn't think it would really look that different in the snow but turns out it looks even more amazing! I am now trying to not to think about the best way to get to Brighton in the snow tomorrow!

Happy weekend everyone. Keep warm!

'Tulip polaroid' by Me

Tulip polaroid, a photo by PhotoPuddle on Flickr.

I thought it was about time I started scanning in my polaroids and sharing some of them with you on here. I am still very much a novice when it comes to instant photography but I do love my two Polaroid cameras. I really want to carry on practising and hopefully get some good results every now and again. Here is one of the first pictures I took with my Polaroid 300. I am a bit disappointed with the scan, I think the picture looks better in real life but perhaps that's something I can work on too. What do you think? An OK first effort?

'IMG_5457' by phungirl

IMG_5457, a photo by phungirl on Flickr.

I should have known. Just a few days ago I was saying how mild it's been this winter but of course now it's freezing and many places around the country have snow. I should probably end this post here but instead I want to admit mine and my husband's totally lazy behaviour this morning. We both woke up early and typically bleary eyed for a Monday morning, wondering whether the forecast snow had fallen over night. Now instead of looking out of the window to see we decided our bed was far too warm and cozy. We therefore grabbed our phones and went on facebook and twitter to see if anyone on there was posting about snow locally. I know that's the height of laziness but it was Monday morning and cold and we really appreciated the extra ten minutes in bed!

But enough of us. How cute and extremely girly is this picture? I love the bold contrast of the bright pink against the crisp white snow. In fact I just love the skirt and the boots. I HAVE to get a tutu for my daughter before she gets too old! I doubt my little boy would fancy wearing one, even if it was blue.

'Wine Cork' by dougoo6

Wine Cork, a photo by dougoo6 on Flickr.

I'm a very lucky lady. It's hard making new friends the older you get but since having my daughter I've made so many fantastic mummy friends who I know will be friends for life. I see most of them regularly during the week but it's always really nice to see some of them at the weekend every now and again. Saturday night I was out with a group of friends I met at my antenatal classes. It's wondeful that we are still in touch and we've been able to see our children growing up together and to see siblings coming along too. And today another group of friends who I met at a music group all go together for the afternoon. We all meet up with our younger children quite a lot but as our eldest children are now all at different schools during the week they don't get to see each other as often. We think it's important for them to stay in touch as they do all get on so well.

Anyway, my choice of photograph to accompany this post has nothing to do with parenting and isn't my way of saying this is the best way to deal with motherhood. No, it's just that I think my friends and I might have ordered quite a few bottles of wine between us last night. Thankfully I managed to avoid a hangover, unfortunately a couple of my friends weren't quite so lucky!

Oh and if you liked this brilliant photo you might like to have a look at a photo that I took and posted on here way back in January 2010 just after I set up this blog. I still have all those wine corks you know. I can't bring myself to get rid of them.