Last day of August

Well that is August over and done with, so quick as well.  I always remember my mum saying "time flys" and  I couldn't see what she meant so decided it must be an age thing, now I know exactly what she meant, so either my understanding has improved or I've reached that age!!  Sorry to say I think it is the latter.

We had a lovely two weeks in Bulgaria, very, very hot, very relaxing, lots of time to think and talk about life and plans etc, so we have returned refreshed with a different outlook on our life and new intentions.

Sat night a friend and I went to the Eden Project for a photo exhibition by the very talented Sue Earnshaw http://sueearnshaw.co.uk/blog/  some wonderful photographs.  The evening was also a fundraising event for 'Tanya's Trust', I didn't know much, well nothing actually about the charity before hand, but listening to Tanya's mum telling us about Tanya (who lost her 20 month fight against leukimenia at the age of 17) made me very thankful that I have two healthy daughters, one who is 17.  It also put my aches and pains into perspective. I so admire people like Tanya's mum who go on and help others when they have lost so much.  The trust was set up to help others of a similar age group to Tanya to give them support and courage to deal with what lies ahead of them.  A very worthy cause.

As you can imagine I have lots of photos from our holiday, which I am ashamed to say I haven't had chance to go through them properly yet, but that is this week's job, oh as well as going back to work, but we won't talk about that just yet!

We're all going on a summer holiday..........

no more worries for a week or two!!
Yep we are off on holiday this afternoon for two whole weeks of sun and serious chilling, my brain desperately needs some chilling. Checked the weather in Bulgaria yesterday and it is around 31-32c each day, so my vit D levels should be suitably topped up by the end of the fortnight - if they aren't well who knows I might stay out there - if I like it enough :)

Where did I go wrong???

Spending the evening ploughing through photos that I have taken lately and sorting them out as to what has potential and what definitely hasn't, I find I am becoming even more critical than ever of my work. I see this as a good thing so long as it doesn't destroy my enthusiasm.  It also started me thinking about the subjects I and others photograph, tomorrow having dropped the girls at the station and done the shopping I'm off to photograph some pigs, then in the afternoon I'm photographing some minature shetlands, goats, horses and chickens. Then on Sunday I'm photographing a Dexter bull.  Compared to a friend who has just spent a week at the Cannes film festival photographing the stars!!!!  Mmmm can't help but think I've got the wrong end of the stick here.  Some might say I know my place in life! lol

I DID IT.......

... after months of thinking about it and worrying about it last night I gave my talk to Plymouth Camera Club all about me and my photos!!!!!!!  They were/are a lovely group of people who made me feel very at home which helped me to really enjoy my evening.  So a huge thank you to all of them that came and hope to see you again soon.  Half term next week so out for some serious photo taking.

Another month gone by.....

and what have I been doing.  Well, there has been the Easter break, a four day trip to France. Amanda took part in her first show jumping competition and loved it.  Bernadette is learning to drive!!  Then it was back to work - which tends to take over.  I am frantically preparing for a presentation I am doing on the 26th May in Plymouth - trying not to get too nervous as I have never done anything like this before so it is all new ground for me. 

I have finally given in and had a serious look at photoshop, I don't tend to use it as I don't understand it and don't have the time to sit and learn it.  Well the time has come where I have no choice, so I have been having a play today with different crops and filters/textures

Lost mojo

A poor excuse for not updating but it is true.  My photo mojo, my scrapping mojo, my every day mojo has left me. Hence nothing happening here.  As some of you know I have other things on my mind at the mo and hopefully by the weekend there may be a light at the end of the tunnel and I shall get back on top of things.  So apologies if you are tired of looking at my leaf photo - I'll sort out a fresh one tomorrow.

Home Again

We have just returned from a fortnight in Fuerteventura, total relaxation and lots of sun - just what was needed. As expected I was very excited to photograph anything and everything that I could, but I didn't realise just how windy it would be. There were days I was struggling to stay up let alone hold a camera up and get a crisp shot!!

Well I didn't keep up to date, shan't bother giving any excuses as there aren't any really good ones. So I shall take a quote from my school reports and say " in future I must try harder"!!
We are into the summer holidays now and that is confirmed by the rain that has fallen every day since we broke up. Not much weather for photography.

Well I have been very slack in updating my photo blog, as a few people have mentioned it to me and rightly so, I apologise and aim to keep it much more up to date, my excuse is May was an extremely busy month for me, no time for play. Thank you to those that have returned here to see my photos and I shall try not to disappoint you any more.