Today #2

 

I’ve been hanging out for the weekend ALL week. There must be something wrong with me because I feel exhausted most of the time and I am wishing my weekdays away. I had no plans for the weekend – the boys are away and Mia has stacks of studying to do.

In-between the mundane – here is a snapshot of the little things that made my day today.

1. A week old white roses – 3 quid from Aldi – none of this £45 a bunch crap –  that Interflora were trying to charge me to send to my mum for Mothers Day.  Utter bollocks.

2.Wholemeal, homemade pizza prep – to be eaten later, washed down with a glass of red watching The Voice, ogling Ricky Wilson with my girl.

3.Revision food for Mia – smoothie in the making.

4. Homemade flourless chocolate and lime cake for after I have finished drooling at the TV.

5. The most two interesting things I saw on my walk with the dog, although I did have a rather interesting conversation with my neighbour about lesbian activity on Netflix.

All images (except 5. – which was my old Nikon D90) taken on Olympus OMD EM1.

xox

 

The Portrait Session #20……Daisy Daisy

All day long I take images of children for a living.  Sometimes it’s just nice to catch them playing.

Taken with Nikon D90 and 85 mm lens.

xox

The Portrait Session #19 …….Just Dad

Sunday afternoon here in Scotland was a wash out.  We passed the afternoon reading the papers, playing cribbage, drinking red wine with Mum in the kitchen making pasta.

xox

Project 7….Day 7

Very behind.  Who cares? Felt wrong not to complete the project that was meant to get me back to being creative after months of studio work.

Freeda is our friends dog, she came to stay for a few days and lovingly watched Mia eating toast in the mornings.

A reflection within a reflection, taken from my downstairs bathroom mirror.

Still have almost two weeks left of holidays and I have to be honest I’ve not done all I want to do and feel I have wasted some of my time – the odd day here and there passed with nothingness.   No point dwelling on what has been. Here’s to the next almost two weeks!

xox

Looking Back……Looking Up and Ahead

Going through some old images I found this one of my Mum when we visited the Botanics, probably two years ago now, when she and Dad were up visiting.  Incidentally, one of me favourite images of my Dad was taken there.  Mum and Dad are visiting this coming weekend, which I am looking forward to.  We will drink lots of wine, play cribbage, talk a lot of crap and hopefully soak up some of the Edinburgh Fringe atmosphere.

xox

Local Life #4 – Performance

Tuesday evening I was asked to go and take some shots of the Edinburgh Telephone Choir, who were rehearsing for their annual Spring concert at The Churchill Theatre in Edinburgh.  This is the second year I have taken images for them and I love being able to sit in the empty theatre watching the proceedings of before the show….the moments in-between.  I returned on Thursday evening to watch them perform all in their glory to a packed out crowd.

Location – Morningside, Edinburgh

xox

One Man and His Dog

I am so loving Spring evenings, the light here is beautiful and makes such a welcoming break from the grey skies we have had over winter.

Grandtully in Scotland is a special place, it is peaceful yet the water is wild.  Here David sits on a rock with Alfie, his wing man, watching the boys taming the water in their slalom boats.

Location – Grandtully, Scotland

Taken with Nikon D90 and 85 mm lens

xox

Beach Finds in Monochrome…..

Spending time with great friends…… a coastal walk, collecting shells and feasting on figs, mango, flapjack and sandwiches whilst soaking up the rays on a sand dune.  Another perfect way to way to pass the time.

We each made a collage of shells, a snippet of simple creativity.

Location – Gullane, Scotland

xox

Simply Sunday…..Cribbage

Simple things ARE the big things……Jonny learning to play Cribbage with Nanna and Grandad after a Sunday roast…

xox

Simply Sunday……Washed Up

This morning was so beautiful. And rare. We got up early and went down to Blackness Beach to walk Alfie.  The sun was shining, the air crisp and clear whilst I collected washed up sea glass, shells and discarded feathers.

Location – Blackness

xox