Happy, Healthy Belated New Year!
I've been a little unwell since the new year, a combination of too many celebrations, too little sleep and running on adrenaline in the mad run up to Christmas and all that entailed with school functions and all their text missives that need immediate actioning!
When you have a small child you don't get the chance to rest and recouperate, just taking her to and picking her up from school in the cold and damp is enough to set you back. A drenching (literally) or two were the last two straws this week.
I cannot wait for some Spring sunshine and lighter mornings, getting up before 7am when it is still pitch black is demoralising when you feel under par, but a huge bonus is seeing the sun rise over the sea view from our house. I will get my camera out one of these mornings and capture it.
I rarely get unwell so this new year has had me slowing down and getting a lot of extra sleep along with a truckload of natural remedies and I think I should buy shares in those very popular throat lozenges! Or maybe I've been made to sing Let It Go too many times!
So here's to getting a little less of this (and I know we have been fortunate so far this winter and missed the snow).......
And now I'm on the mend nearly half way through January, maybe I can put some of my goals for this year into place and start working on them!
Beach Photography
When you have a small child you don't get the chance to rest and recouperate, just taking her to and picking her up from school in the cold and damp is enough to set you back. A drenching (literally) or two were the last two straws this week.
I cannot wait for some Spring sunshine and lighter mornings, getting up before 7am when it is still pitch black is demoralising when you feel under par, but a huge bonus is seeing the sun rise over the sea view from our house. I will get my camera out one of these mornings and capture it.
I rarely get unwell so this new year has had me slowing down and getting a lot of extra sleep along with a truckload of natural remedies and I think I should buy shares in those very popular throat lozenges! Or maybe I've been made to sing Let It Go too many times!
So here's to getting a little less of this (and I know we have been fortunate so far this winter and missed the snow).......
and a bit more of this .....
And now I'm on the mend nearly half way through January, maybe I can put some of my goals for this year into place and start working on them!
Happy, Healthy Belated New Year to you all
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Happy New YearBeach Photography
Christmas Eve 2014
Sunny and breezy on Christmas Eve 2014, love the beach at Christmas rain, snow or shine!
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Hillarys Craft Event in Brighton
I was invited to an craft event recently arranged by Hillarys and the Joe Blogs Network held in Taj’s Tea Parlour, a quaint venue with a vintage vibe in the heart of Brighton's Lanes.
The event was led by Kirsty of Make do and Trend, a Sussex based craft workshop specialist who had provided a couple of crafty bunting and bauble making activities for a crowd of Sussex bloggers to attempt with Hillarys fabrics.
Our first task was to create bunting with the provided pre-cut material, glue and rope, this is a really easy and effective way of making bunting fast. I am bunting crazy and have made many buntings previously which adorn our house and garden periodically but this was by far the easiest with no sewing involved!
Tea and Christmas tree shaped biscuits were then served before we got onto the job of making an intricate bauble. This proved to be a little challenging but we all got there in the end!
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The event was led by Kirsty of Make do and Trend, a Sussex based craft workshop specialist who had provided a couple of crafty bunting and bauble making activities for a crowd of Sussex bloggers to attempt with Hillarys fabrics.
Our first task was to create bunting with the provided pre-cut material, glue and rope, this is a really easy and effective way of making bunting fast. I am bunting crazy and have made many buntings previously which adorn our house and garden periodically but this was by far the easiest with no sewing involved!
Tea and Christmas tree shaped biscuits were then served before we got onto the job of making an intricate bauble. This proved to be a little challenging but we all got there in the end!
Thanks to Hillarys, Joe Blogs Blogger Network and Taj's Tea Parlour for hosting an enjoyable afternoon.
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My Sunday Photo
This was today (Saturday), Christmas is less than 2 weeks away and we have glorious sunshine!
Z is finally for.... The Alphabet Photo Project
We're finally there, the last letter of the alphabet! Z this week is for the letter Z! Letter practice writing with a selection of wipe clean board books. She's doing well.
Linking up to PODcastdove for the Alphabet Photo Project.
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Y is for .... The Alphabet Photo Project
Y this week is for Yachts, a lovely sight from the Marina Boardwalk whilst eating lunch on a sunny day all year round, especially this year - 20 degrees today and nearly November!
Linking up with The Alphabet Photo Project
X is for .... The Alphabet Photo Project
When I saw this toy Xylophone attached to Miss CCL's favourite comic, I grabbed it and snapped it for this week's photo project, she is so used to me whipping out my camera that she now takes photo's of everything from her toys to food! A mini snapper in the making!
Linking up with the Alphabet Photo Project.
Hands up those looking forward to half term, me!!!
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Hands up those looking forward to half term, me!!!
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W is for .... The Alphabet Photo Project
I have taken thousands of photos of waves, I never tire of it. Living by the sea there is a ready made canvas every day but this week W is for Water, H2O, this was taken this summer at a local park, these water fountains are scattered across an area and are great fun for the children on a hot summer's day! They go off at random, this was in the toddler part so a little tame but the main ones rocket sky high and the squeals from the children who run through them are fantastic!
Brings back memories of another hot summer, missing you already summer!
Linking up with PODcastdove for the Alphabet Photo Project
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Brings back memories of another hot summer, missing you already summer!
Linking up with PODcastdove for the Alphabet Photo Project
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V is for .... The Alphabet Photo Project
V is for Vegetable this week on the Alphabet Photo Project, not many more to go now, time seems to run away from me at the moment with Miss CCL starting school and writing on my food blog et al. I hope to get back to posting about the (slow) progress on our house once the alphabet gets to Z!
Vegetables feature highly in our diet and I'm always on a quest to find more ways to get Miss CCL to ingest more of those beautifully coloured, highly nutritious veggies! I am amazed how ingenious you can be when challenged!
Linking up with PODcastdove for the Alphabet Photo Project.
Vegetables feature highly in our diet and I'm always on a quest to find more ways to get Miss CCL to ingest more of those beautifully coloured, highly nutritious veggies! I am amazed how ingenious you can be when challenged!
Linking up with PODcastdove for the Alphabet Photo Project.
U is for .... The Alphabet Photo Project
Very simply this week is U for Undulating, to move with a smooth wave-like motion, to have a wavy form or outline.
I can never resist taking photos of the sea, I know I have thousands but it never gets tired for me. I could sit and a look at a scene like this every day, there is something so magical and soothing about the sounds and the motion of the sea.
Sea scenes and beach life
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I can never resist taking photos of the sea, I know I have thousands but it never gets tired for me. I could sit and a look at a scene like this every day, there is something so magical and soothing about the sounds and the motion of the sea.
Linking up with PODcastdove for the Alphabet Photo Project
Sea scenes and beach life
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