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A photo worth…….

As we move into a new year, and a world ever more obsessed with the instant digital world, having our every thought and desire at our  fingertips, I realised something.

I couldn’t remember the last time I physically developed a picture. I take them all the time, every day in-fact of mostly meaningless things, but don’t ever commit entirely to the process of developing them.

So after considering for sometime I treated myself to an instant camera. My grandma had a polaroid camera when I was a child, I used to love playing with it and pretending to take photos, I was never actually trusted to use it when there was any film inside (well rarely)  but it wasn’t the point.

So after a little research I opted for the Instax Mini 70, by Fujifilm. It came with 10 films and the battery already to go. My OH treated me to a case for it for our wedding anniversary, perfect for protecting the camera, especially with my known clumsiness. The camera is really easy use and super fun.

The images are smaller then those the polaroid used to produce but I love them!

Off i went on a little walk with the puppy to have a play, and i couldn’t have been more thrilled with the results

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When in Vegas…..

Ok ok so I missed my Friday deadline. But I’m hoping you’ll forgive me

I have a good excuse, not a dog ate my homework excuse but genuine one. See I’m in a different time zone, well I’ve been in 3 different time zones over the past 6 days.

See now you remember im in America! Whoop

So what have I done this week I hear you ask( even if you haven’t I’m going to tell you anyway)

Well firstly I flew to fabulous Las Vegas

Did a little gambling, when in Rome and all that  
Saw some magic and met some magicians

  

Saw a big hole


Oh and flew in a helicopter to the bottom of said hole

  

Oh yeah and got married!


Much more detail to come on all the above with links and info

But right now I’m in New York, honeymoon and all that jazz

Have an awesome week

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A change is as good as a……..

So I think we are all in agreement now that Autumn is here. The shops are full of new hats and scarfs, and my favourite the fingerless, mitteny gloves. 

So how else to celebrate then by wrapping up and heading out 

The daily dog walk has quickly becoming my favourite thing, especially now my puppy is getting better at being of the lead. This means we can head of into the woods.  

    
    
 
Sometimes it just all comes together, cool weather, sun shining and playful puppy. 
Then on Saturday my most favourite of things…….. Firework display. The musical firework championships were on in Southport so we bundled into the car and down to the beach we go. 

The display was brilliant and even a firework in the shape of a heart, but I didn’t manage to catch it (sad face)

Oh but I did manage to wear my new hat, gloves and scarf
   
   
Happy Autumn 

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Sisters are doing it for themselves. …

So I got a lovely nomination today from Secrets of Beauty in the sisterhood of world bloggers

Definitely  worth checking her out. She has some amazing tips and posts and from a  pretty unique perspective

So the rules for the award are simple :

1. Thank the blogger who nominated you, linking back to their site.

2. Put the Award logo on your blog.

3. Answer the ten questions sent to you.

4. Make up ten new questions for your nominees to answer.

5. Nominate five blogs.

Questions asked :

1. Who is your Favourite singer?
Kelly Jones ( stereophonics ), have seen every tour they have done in the UK!

2. What is your Favourite beauty brand?
Got to be Elemis, ever since an amazing facial I swear by their products

3. Where is your favourite place in the world?
Anywhere besides a pool!

4. Who inspires you most in life?
People who work hard for what they want

5. What is your favourite season?
Winter, when just snuggling down indoors with layers and heating on just makes you feel at home

6. Why did you start blogging?
I thoughts it would be a fun way to talk about my life to people who might be interested. There aren’t a lot of people my age blogging and I thought it might help me connect

7. Who is your favourite blogger?
The first person I was ever aware of who was a blogger is George over at Fuller Figure Fuller Bust
I now follow her on most social platforms, she’s pretty awesome

8. How long have you been blogging?
Started in October but only really been paying it attention since the beginning of this year

9. What is your all time favourite makeup product?
Anything by Benefit

10. Do you like reading?
I love it!

So now I would like to nominate

Ruth Writes

Plus Powerful

Being Woke

Our Daly Life

Aidyl93

To follow the rules above and then answer the below

1. What is your dream job?
2. Who is your favourite singer/ band?
3. What’s your perfect night out?
4. What’s your perfect night in?
5. What’s the last thing you bought online?
6. Who is your favourite blogger?
7. Why did you start blogging?
8. Who is the last person you spoke to on the phone?
9. What inspires you?
10. What is your favourite animal and why?

Get to thinking

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There goes the neighbourhood…..

Another day another assignment. Be a good neighbour,  not to the people next door to your house,  you know the ones who you awkwardly send a Christmas card to ‘no 9, merry xmas from no 7’. But the ones who exist in blog world.

Now I am guilty of being super excited about getting likes and comments as I am pretty new to the game but reading today’s assignment made me realise how stingy I have been at spreading the neighbourly love.

So I have found myself some new blogs to follow and decided to engage with my fellow bloggers
So here a jyst a few I’ve given a follow/ left a comment for
Hopefully this will encourage me to spend as much time reading and I do writing

1 – Connecting Memories

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This blogger  also has a second blog at Do you see what I see which is also worth checking out

2 – Ruth Writes

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3 – People I met in my Twenties

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4 – Girl Overboard

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5 – Our Daly Life

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Any other recommendations are gratefully received

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They say a picture paints 1000 words…..

As some of you may know I am following blogging 101 daily assignments and today while updating my About page I was reminded how awkward I always find it to write about who I am? I’m that person who during the ice breaker in meetings when asked to come up with an interesting fact about myself find that I’m suddenly wishing I had 6 toes or something similar to say.
Alas I do not, so I end up reeling of my obsession with learning.  And not even in a PHD sense.
As in evening classes, over the past few years I have learnt sign language, pottery, watercolour painting.
And this year digital photography and manipulation.
I am a modern day jack of all trades and the very definition master of none. 
it. However i have enjoyed all these classes and hoping to develop the photography one more.
So here were my final portfolio pieces
Digital images
Theme: Reflections

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Digital manipulation
Theme : Reflections

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I am confident I possess a hidden skill, but so far I haven’t found it. Oh well always next year

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Does anyone really know you?

So I’ve decided to put a bit more effort into some thing in my life, and this little blog is one of them.

I started blogging in Oct 2014 but then didn’t write another post till January this year.
Mainly I realised I probably didn’t have much to say…..
I still don’t but I say it anyway because,  well why the heck not

So im revisiting my WHY and WHO questions.

My why, why, why? To be honest I don’t know. I have a friend so I consider quite ‘down with it’ ( god that make me sound ancient) who blogs. So I started reading some and following a few others on social media platforms and thought where are all the people like me?! Then I realised that there is only one me and maybe the world would like to know a little more……
That’s not entirely true I thought it would be a place to write about the things I like and things I’m thinking about that I don’t always want to have to justify to others ( come on Facebook own up you judge Judy you)

So the who, that’s slightly easier…..
I’m a northern (UK), 30…… something lady type person who is only just finding out who i am and what i like.

Things i like

1- working out/ trying to be healthy/ losing weight, now before you move on i don’t mean in a whooping, Lycra clad way, calorie obsessed way. I mean in a challenging myself changing my life kind of way, future posts will explain more stay with me on this one.

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2 – i like clothes/ accessories, again stay with me on this one, I’ve spent 15 years dressing in black, baggy unflattering clothes and now i have colour and shape (not just round), as some of my OOTD pics on Instagram. And I love accessories,  mainly as I didn’t have any nice clothes for so long I learnt to love all the extras that go with

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3 – I love beauty and make up products but never get round to starting any kind of regime, maybe I should start soon! 

4 – i will take photos of absolutely anything, recently completed a photography course to learn how to take better ones, again expect plenty of pics popping up every now and then, apologies!

5 – reading and watching films are ny favourite ways to relax.

6 – i love to travel, don’t do enough, need to do more. Past 12 months have seen trips to Brugge, Mexico, Italy,  Dublin and an upcoming trip to the Dominican Republic.

7 – I have a pug, a relatively new addition to my life and he is the best ( not at all biased I assure you)

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8 – I love stationery, more a slight obsession

9 – I have a lot of different hobbies and a master of none.  But I will give anything a go

Hopefully I haven’t lost you and maybe some of you will hang around for more

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