This photo was taken by my Mum, Ali. I don’t think I’ve ever seen frost on a cobweb like this, looks like beautiful lace.
Yesterday I decided to go on my own frost finding adventure. I saw a sofa covered in frost which was glistening.
Today I got up early, threw on clothes and Al and I wandered to the Pirate park in search of more frosty sights. It wasn’t as cold but there were still some signs that Frost had visited. I love a frosty morning!
I might well have ended up on the amazing swing…
In Hall Green in Birmingham there are great walks by the river. The best remedy for over eating is stretching your legs and Christmas leads to me regularly eating too much. Everything is so familiar but there are always new things to discover. I always seek out the lock whenever I go that way.
We met a lovely woman who feeds the geese everyday. She called one of them lefty, one righty and one blindy; she says that they are regularly attacked by dogs.
Yesterday we went for a lovely walk and on the return home I spotted this leather delight. An early Christmas present of sorts.
Must investigate. Shall report findings.
Concrete grey found around the city.
The grey paint they use to cover up graffiti and tags that turn up on walls around the city, is my favourite grey. The squares of it everywhere makes me very happy indeed.
For the last week I have been living in a tent at Lanefoot Farm Campsite and it has been just what I needed. The weather has been changeable and challenging but somehow this made it feel more like an adventure. I saw so many animals, which made me extremely happy! The saying ‘The grass is always greener’ definitely applies to the Lake District, the grass is incredibly green and the views are outstanding! The first thing I found when I explored the campsite was discarded camping chairs and you can imagine how delighted I was. Here they are:
This pile of camping chairs looked like it marked the end of summer.
Here are some photos of the incredible views:
These are my favourite animals that I saw. The chicks were being taught how to catch and eat worms around our tent and they were super cute!
A few weeks ago (Monday of the week of the riots) I had the best adventure I have had in a long time! My friend Mara sent me a text to tell me that there was a sofa on top of a bus stop on Mansfield road, and I almost fell off my chair! I immediately grabbed my coat and camera, and left the house on the hunt for a sofa related spectacle. En route I saw this dining room delight:
I didn’t believe that it would still be there, and I didn’t know whereabouts on Mansfield Road it was located. I briskly walked towards town eyeing up every single bus stop, excited at what I might see. I was getting closer and closer to town and thought my luck was running out, when I saw a rectangle silhouette on top of a bus stop and I almost jumped with joy! I turned around to tell someone ‘Look, look it’s a sofa on a bus stop, this is very rare indeed.’ but no-one was there. Mansfield Road is reknowned for odd characters, and I was fitting in just fine.
Perfectly placed council poster! I agree that putting a sofa on a bus stop is ambitious.
I crossed the road excitedly to make sure I saw it from all angles.
I walked home with the biggest smile on my face and an exhausted battery on my camera.
I was having a conversation this week about the different types of time and how it becomes increasingly more difficult to make time for everything. I have been musing over the different types I think there are all week and categorised them as follows:
There is obligatory fun celebratory time, Weddings, Birthdays, leaving parties. There is fun time ‘just because’ which often happens without too much planning, like a trip to the pub on a Friday night. There are breaks away and adventures, camping, festivals, holidays. There are catch ups and chats, this usually involves drink or food as the centre point, pub, cafe or cups of tea on the sofa. There is inbetween time, usually on the way somewhere, to the shop, to work, on the train. Necessary time, work, life admin and sleeping. Relaxation time, watching TV, cooking, reading, sitting, going for a walk. There is also development time (couldn’t think of a better word for it!), learning, thinking, making art, trying something new. This list is not exhaustive and obviously everyone is different, but for me at this point in time these are the main ways I spend/organise my time. On Thursday evening I spent my favourite type of time, the fun type!
Me, Amy, Haydn and Al drove to a pub near the river Trent which was super lovely as one minute I was sat on the sofa watching one of the many terrible programmes I watch and the next thing I knew I was going for a drive. It was so good to get out into the countryside; there were beautiful reflections in the water and a very nice looking bird.
At the end of February Amy, Haydn and I went on an expedition to take photos. It was such a great Sunday afternoon activity! We went to Rufford Park and I was taught how to use depth of field. I have used this in the past but I have always struggled to retain the information (anything with numbers falls out of my head!). The weather was a bit bleak and we were very chilly, but we perserved and had good fun! Here are my favourite photographs:
Afterwards we sat down in the warmth of the cafe and had well deserved treats. I had a cup of tea and a blueberry muffin.