a seasonal photo

21. A photograph of you with something representing the season

These beach huts appear in late May and will be taken down in September, for me they always herald the start of the summer season.

This photo is part of Rinda's Summertime photography scavenger hunt, she has a linky on her blog at the moment so do go over and join in.

I sometimes forget that not everyone has seen a beach hut before so thought I should explain. Each summer people either hire a hut or bring back their own one to a plot they have hired. These are the ones that are painted and more individual looking. Inside will be stored all they need for a day at the beach, including gas stoves for the inevitable cup of tea! I always take an early morning stroll but later on in the day this beach will be full of families enjoying time together.

Tired out

Another layout for Shimelle's online crop using one of her sketches. There is one day left to enter the challenges so if you have time do go over to her blog and have a look.

Time for tea

Hi everyone, so pleased you can drop by. How are things with you? I’ve been up since about 5am enjoying the peace and quiet.

This month has flown by with lots of time to sit in the garden, watch the birds and enjoy a good book. I can particularly recommend An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris which kept me wanting to read more.

My jogging is still going well and tomorrow I want to increase the time to 25mins. I’ve been told that any time over 20mins starts burning the fat more so that should keep me going!

My son has settled into his new home so we are back to the two of us again. I know we will see much more of him so I’m not too sad.

I’ve been dabbling a bit more with scrapbooking again after a few weeks break which makes me happy although I was very sad to see 2peas are closing down.

What have you all been up to, have you visited anywhere special?

Well it’s been lovely catching up, as usual I’ve talked far too much about myself. I’m off now to see what you are all getting up to.

Do go over to Abi’s blog to share in some more chats with the odd tea, coffee or even the occasional glass of wine on offer. We’d all like to welcome you x

weekend online crop

If you clicked on Shimelle’s blog last weekend you were in for a treat. From Friday evening to Sunday she was holding an online crop full of ideas, sketches and inspiration. I’m hoping to work my way through all the challenges and of course started with the first one, a sketch.

A simple layout of my attempt at jogging this year and for anyone interested I can now jog comfortably for 20mins!

Summertime photography scavenger hunt

9. A bakery

I finally made a start on Rinda's summertime photography scavenger hunt, this old bakery is a favourite of ours.

a scrapbook page

This week I spent an afternoon scrapbooking, something I’ve not done for a while. I wanted to use my new silhouette and remembered a class I bought called Confessions of a B Side Scrapper by Nichol Magouirk. In this class was a layout using some cutting files from Kerri Bradford and I thought it would be a good place to start. It was quite easy when I got the hang of it and I can see myself going on a shopping spree soon to buy more images!

a few cards

My daughter brought round her Simon says Stamp kit again and we had fun making a few cards using the examples from the design team. The stamps are very good quality, I love the way they all fit together.

life’s little pleasures

time for a stroll I think

it’s a glorious day

the beach is almost deserted

just a coffee for me

lucky you

and beautiful scenery to admire

Just an ordinary Wednesday, nothing much happened but for me it was perfect

One photo and twenty words

a new toy to play with, so many possibilities are now available can’t wait to get started, thank you mum

This is a meme by Abi, do go over to her blog and join in

summertime scavenger hunt

It’s that time of year again and Rinda has posted the challenge here

SCAVENGER HUNT LIST

1. A sign welcoming people to your home town (or a nearby town)
2. A garden gnome
3. Birds on a wire
4. A group of tourists
5. A rack of post cards
6. An urban street scene
7. A rural landscape
8. A tattoo on a person
9. A bakery
10. A photo bomb (someone found lurking in the background of photo; the lurker may have intended to disrupt the picture or may be doing it unintentionally, but the background lurker is a surprise to the photographer)
11. A horn
12. A mascot
13. A sunrise
14. A parade
15. A juggler
16. A sign in a language other than English
17. A lamp post
18. A water fall
19. A public garden
20. A bus (not a car, truck, lorry, camper or RV) with a picture painted on its sides.
21. A photograph of you with something representing the season (recognizing that the season will be Winter for our friends in the southern hemisphere). Note: you may not use a substitute for this item.
If you find something on the list too difficult, you may substitute one of the following items for anything on the list, except for Item #21:
Alternative A: A kite, hot air balloon or blimp
Alternative B: A bird house

This is great fun to do over the summer and I do urge you all to join in.