Hurray its Friday!

{photo taken in Scarborough}

...and I'm not at work, the sun is shining and we're off to see my family!

(including the little man. excited!)

I hope the sun is shining wherever you are...

if not then here are some links to brighten your day :)

1. Cats with mustaches... enough said.
   (actually check out her whole blog, it is amazing!)
2. I've seen these all over tumblr but only just discovered who did them.
3. A post about cameras - because I will never get bored of them.
4. I really really want to go to Brighton!
5. Some rather pretty illustrations.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Why hello there...

It is gorgeous outside today which for England is pretty rare... its the kind of day you wish you weren't working and you can hear the pub garden calling your name :)

Luckily we are going out for tapas and a gig tonight so I think I may insist we sit outside for a little while... I really hope the weather holds out for the rest of the weekend... in fact weather gods, the next few weeks (months would be pushing it right...) would be amazing!

Exactly* a year ago I wrote this post... and today I want to write exactly the same thing again!

So I am :)

Such a pretty blue tree.

I don't know which type of tree it is but it makes me smile

everytime I walk past it.

(and the colour looks gorgeous in fake polaroid, yeay)

*Isn't it amazing how nature works and just seems to know the passage of time.

I actually couldnt believe it when I saw it was the same date but last year...

I've been tagged!

Yeay, I love tags! Thank you so much to all the lovely ladies who thought to give them to me, I really appreciate it and you know I love blog love :)

First up I've been tagged by both Jenni and Micaela (two beautiful bloggers who always make my day with their posts!) to list 7 things about myself - Micaela took photos on her tag so I've used photos as well, yeay!

(oh fake polaroids, you are such fun - click if you want to see it bigger - please ignore the typo!)

The amazing and lovely Lindsay from Shrimp Salad Circus has tagged me to answer 22 questions. If you haven't seen her lovely blog then go look, I love the tutorials oh and check out her amazing shop too (especially the yellow clutch, cute as!) Thanks Lindsay!

1. Your hair? Won't do anything I want it to do. Ever.
2. Your favorite food? Risotto - I'm obsessed (see photo above!)
3. Your favorite drink? Water or Pepsi Max (also obsessed)
4. Your dream/goal? To be happy and rescue lots of animals.
5. Your hobby? Taking photos, blogging and talking.
6. Your fear? Being alone
7. Where were you last night? At home, playing on Lego Rockband, its so good!
8. Something you say all the time? um, I don't know...
9. Something that you’re not? Tall and skinny, I'm ok with that...
10. Wishlist item? Polaroid camera!
11. Last thing you did: Typed, obviously.
12. What are you wearing? Red top, black trousers and multicolour striped knee high tights (which you can't actually see but I love them!)
13. Your pets? borrowed but extremely loved
14. Friends? are amazing!
15. Missing someone? my friends due to their amazingness!
16. Something you're not wearing? a watch - I never wear one
17. Your favorite store? Ohhh... um... just one? Um... Paperchase.
18. Your favorite color? mustard yellow
19. The last time you cried? Yesterday
20. When's the last time you laughed? About 10 minutes ago, I laugh more than I cry.
21. One place that I go to over and over? the beach
22. Where do you eat? Everywhere!
    
    That was fun! I'm going to tag:
    Kattrina, Nikolett, Jenny, Yelena and Paulina!
    I can't decide which tag I would like to see you do more so its up to you!
    
    

Winter mornings...

I will admit, during the week my favourite part of the day is fast becoming my walk in the morning - even though its cold I am wrapped up warm and the winter sun is still comforting and beautiful.

If only it was still light in the evenings as well...

Little letters to the future...

Dear future sunsets at the bus stop,

You will make waiting much more bearable, I look forward to taking more photos

Dear future weekend,
You are going to be so much fun, you already sound too good to be true.

Dear future polaroid camera,
Why don't I own you yet? This is your second letter...

Dear future nieces and nephews*,
Hurry up! I'm so excited about you already, I can't wait to be your cool Auntie

p.s. I need someone to take to see kids films with me before I start looking uncool...

Dear future puppies and kittens,
I love you already - even if you will wee on my bed and chew my shoes...

Dear future Thomas,
If I love you this much now - imagine how much I will love you then :)

Dear future car,
I am really surprised by how much I can't wait to drive you, I hope you're red.

Dear future pumpkins,
you will look impressive next time... and stand up straight.

Dear future,
You look bright and I can't wait!


*I probably should point out that my sister isn't pregnant and I don't think she plans to be I'm just impatient :)

Who I am...

Inspired by these two lovely ladies: Sara and Sanchez
(please check out their posts - they really are beautiful)

I am 24 but sometimes I feel an awful lot older.

I still get asked for ID though which annoys me.

I am a daughter and a big sister...
no matter how far away I live from my family.

I am in love...
I would not be who I am without him.

I am technically an Interior Designer
but I haven't designed anything properly in over a year
I try not to think about it...

I am easily excited and short
I like both of these things about me.

I am impatient.
I want to travel, have a garden and get a kitten now.

I am not sure what I want to do in the future.
I am looking forward to it though.

I am happy.
Even when I am sad.

p.s. Also, I am overwhelmed by the amount of people reading my little blog - Hi to Judy, Janis, Christie, Buhdoop, Buzzybee68, Kimberly, Eadaoin and B is for Brown who mysteriously turned up over night!

(those without links if you have a blog then let me know)

p.p.s Yup the picture is of me sinking in the sand :)

A few random things...

I hate thinking up good post titles...

I hope I never get bored of taking photos of our feet...

The kitten down the road snuck into our house yesterday...

We put it back outside after it fully explored our front room and got stuck behind the sofa (hehe)

We then watched it learning how to jump and climb outside....

We might have eaten half a tub of Ben and Jerry's Half Baked icecream in one sitting, oops.

I might have kicked leaves along the path on our mini adventure yesterday...

Boyfriend looked at me disapprovingly... before joining in, haha.

oh and...

The lovely* Cassie from Hydrangeas and White Daisies is having a giveaway to celebrate her wonderful* new etsy shop.

The photo swap is now closed and I am currently in the process of pairing people together! Wooo!

*and I love positive adjectives...

Autumn letters...

( So I've been trying to resist doing a little letters post but I think now is the time!)

Dear yellow leaves,

You are my favourite, I'll try not to take too many photos of you but I can't promise anything.

Dear polaroid cameras,

I think I'm am going to have to buy one of you soon, I'm not sure how much longer I can wait.

Dear little kitten down the road,

I'm so sorry the children you live with are mean - we both wish we could look after you.

Dear Glee,

Where was Emma this week? I still love you though don't worry...

Dear Wordpress and Etsy,

I will figure you out and we will be friends.

Dear weekend,

I am so glad you are finally here, this week has been looong...

Hello Autumn...

I love that the trees know more about the change of seasons than we do - all off a sudden the leaves are falling and the ground is littered with conkers!

I can't wait to: wear knee high socks, wrap up in a huge blanket, drink far too much hot chocolate, wear lots of pretty scarves and fingerless gloves, play with sparklers, kick piles of leaves in the park, make an apple crumble and take more pictures of perfect autumn mornings.

A few photos from my weekend...

So right now I'm in bed with the laptop recovering from a night of illness and feeling a bit sorry for myself (I'm still loving the laptop - I'm typing and watching Enchanted* at the same time!)

Anyway here are a few photos from the weekend to keep you distracted until I can finish scanning the Holga photos from Wales (I just got them developed, yeay!)

Some cute horses near the bus stop (I've been wanting to take a picture of them for ages...)

A lone pansy, how cute!

My new toys from Boyfriend - I love M.O. (they're only about an inch tall but I love them)

Some tape from Papermash I won in Tea for Joy's giveaway - I love it and I'm getting another parcel as well apparenty, I can't wait

Ok, this photo isn't from the weekend - I just added it in to cheer myself up :) don't you love his smiley face - I can't wait to see him next month!

How was your weekend?

*My favorite feel good film - Amy Adams is perfect as a Disney Princess and I love the songs.

I love Wales: Llanberis

Don't you just love Welsh names!

Llanberis was one of my favourite places in Wales - even though we only spent an hour stopping there for a picnic - it really was one of the prettiest places I have ever been. Based in Snowdonia National park near twin lakes at the bottom of the mountains, the views were stunning and Boyfriend (after dissappearing for a few minutes) managed to find the perfect place for us to eat by the lake and admire the views - he's so handy to have around :)


I also discovered a new love for portrait panoramic shoe photos in Wales - how great is it to have mountains and feet in the same picture! Oh and you can put them in Rollip at that size too.


Next time we go to Llanberis I want to get the train up the mountain - it looks wonderful!

I love Wales: Beaumaris

I absolutely and completely feel in love with Wales - it was so pretty, spacious and incredibly relaxing and serene. The landscapes were so beautiful and the coast line was stunning. I want to go back already!

We stayed in a caravan in Rhosneigr on the Isle of Anglesey but everyday we went to somewhere different around the North of Wales. I took so many photos that initially I had no idea where to start so I picked a place at random!

Beaumaris is a historic coastal town situated on the Menai Straights (the river that seperates the Isle of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales) with views looking across the river and out to sea.

The town also has a number historic buildings including one of the oldest houses in Great Britain, an Edwardian castle and a Victorian pier which were all amazing. I was especially fascinated by the oldest house as it was so tiny compared to the buildings next to it and was currently being used as an estate agents - incredibly random.

My favourite part was sitting with Boyfriend on the pier - we could hear the local fishman talking (well shouting really, they were really funny), smell the fresh air and watch the people and boats go past, lovely.

p.s. There are going to be alot of Panorama photos from Wales - it was just the perfect format for the beautiful surroundings - shame I didn't always manage to line them up properly though...

A long weekend in Norfolk: Wells-Next-The-Sea

I was hoping to put some Holga photos on here today as I got them developed yesterday and they look so pretty but I don't have access working scanner... so it will have to wait.

Instead I've been playing around with the photos off my (amazing camera) phone and Rollip - another website that creates fake polaroids. I love it!! I know I could just edit them in photoshop myself but where's the fun in that?

There were so many ladybirds on the beach - at one point I had one on my hand and my leg. I had to rescue the one in the photo as it fell on its back. I wish I was back at the beach now and the weather was still as lovely.

p.s. I know I take lots of photos of the dog when I'm at home but he is so cute

and I might not see him now until December...

A long weekend in Norfolk: Norwich

I can't believe the bank holiday weekend is over already! We had such a great time - the weather was gorgeous and I managed to take two rolls of photos with Helga. I just need to get them developed now, I can't wait to see them.

Here are some of the digital photos from around Norwich. Even though I lived near there for over 10 years it was so much fun taking someone who had never been there before to all the beautiful places and getting to play tourist for a bit!

Hello to all my new followers from over the weekend: Kathleen, Jennette, Rhianna, Queen of Nostalgia, It's Me Tori, Lindsay and Marion and Holiday Queen. Sorry that I haven't had a chance to look at any of your blogs yet - my reader is currently at over 800 posts to catch up with... argh! I wll definitely try to catch up as soon as possible though!

p.s. Elm Hill is one of the oldest streets in Norwich and was recently featured in Stardust! Very exciting!

The photos from the weekend...

Yesterday really was one of those days - everyone I talked to seemed to have bad news to tell me: my parents, my sister, one of my best friends... Luckily I didn't have any bad news to tell anyone but I don't really like hearing it.

Its a good thing that I found my phone cable safely tucked up next to our bed

as it could have turned out to be a terrible day...

Friday night we decided to have a spontaneous cheese, wine, olive and pie party and it was amazing! We brought a little too much food though and ended up eating cheese and biscuits all weekend... oops!

Saturday and Sunday were happy, lazy days - I got to eat an ice lolly on our front step (currently my favourite activity) and...

We managed to find another cheap second hand dance mat so now we can dance/mess around together! Yeay!!

So right now...

I'm feeling happily overwhelmed!

(phrase shamelessly stolen from here :D)

Its been a bit of a odd weekend - I felt so ill on Saturday that we hardly did anything. I did check the internet though (I'm weak) and I found that not only had I won a one-off parcel from Tea for Joy... but I had been given awards by Sunflares Plethora and A Chick Named Hermia (oh and I got one from Red Boots as well but that was a while ago and I totally forgot)

Thank you so much!!

Luckily due to a combination of such exciting news and lots of naps (I love naps) I felt much better on Sunday so we popped into Town. We had a cheeky McDonalds in order to get some free Cola glasses... how cute are they?

And I tortured myself by looking around Urban Outfitters but not actually buying anything... oops! I was sorely tempted by this Ice Invaders tray though.

And thats about it... I love lazy weekends!

p.s. Hello to my latest followers Jade, Kirsten (do you have blogs? The google friends connect thing is so annoying!) Rachel, Lissbeth, notRuairi and Designani! I'm hugely excited to have you here!!

p.p.s. You can tell its been a lazy weekend when the only photos you have are from McDonalds!

Weekend Love...

I love love love unplanned weekends - they are always the most relaxing and fun. There are no worries about where you are meant to be when or who you are meant to be with. Just Me, Boyfriend and whatever we want to do.

Whatever we wanted this weekend seemed to involve lots of yummy food and drinks - which isn't really a surprise. On Friday night we went for Tapas and cocktails with friends where we shared so much delicious food.

On Saturday we went for a pub lunch - I had risotto, which I am obsessed with at the moment and Boyfriend had a Ploughman's platter.

All of the food was amazing and the condiments were delightful especially the onion marmalade - I think I'm going to have to try making some. I especially loved the wallpaper and the old men playing cards with their pints!

p.s. please ignore my fascination with our feet everywhere we go :)

We have great friends!!

Remember how excited I was when I posted on Friday...? Well our weekend was ruined by Boyfriend finding out that he didn't get the job he interviewed for - even though he has been doing the job for 2 years and was the best person qualified for it...

(I'm not going to bitch about it here but the way it was dealt with was disgusting )

Luckily we have awesome friends who distracted us and kept us happy over the weekend!

We went on swings, had a bbq, walked around an abbey and along the river and we ate lots of yummy baked cheescake! Its just a shame the weekend had to end... sigh

More photos of Birmingham...

I really like Birmingham - it has a certain charm. There are lots of lovely areas, like the Bullring and around the museum but it was the more run down area of Digbeth that really captured me. We took a wrong turn on Saturday and found ourselves wandering away from the main road around the mostly run down and abandoned industrial buildings.

I watched a programme on TV about a photographer a few weeks ago* and this area reminded me of his work and his attitude. He said (this is from memory, sorry if it's not completely right)

"I was told once to take pictures of the beautiful things around me... and I said, there are no beautiful things around me... and the person responded, well take pictures of the ugly things then. So I did."

I love how taking a picture of something can turn something considered ugly into something really quite beautiful!

*UPDATE: The photographer was William Eggleston, I couldn't find exactly what he said - but I did find this quote - I think its something I might aim to do!

"'I only ever take one picture of one thing. Literally. Never two. So then that picture is taken and then the next one is waiting somewhere else."

Scarborough...

I think I have a Poladroid problem! I still think that Boyfriend's camera takes gorgeous photos but I can't seem to stop myself from taking photos that I know will look great when made to look like Polaroids - is that a bad thing?

We had such a lovely time in Scarborough: the weather was gorgeous, we had icecreams, we went on a sea cruise, we had fish and chips on the sea front, played on the 2p machines and we walked across the beach... I have never seen so many seagulls in one place before though and they were huge!

I've uploaded the best digital photos onto Flickr, so you can see them there if you want...