photography of life

Sarah March 1, 2013

Stay a little while longer…#CountryKids

We visited my family during half term, which is a bit of a journey for us. Our kids are pretty good in the car but even they can run out of patience and sometimes the anxiety about the effort of the journey can eclipse the reason we actually go! On the morning we were going to leave we decided to hang around for a little bit extra time and take the kids and the dog for a burn off some energy walk in the woods. The result was a lovely hour or so extra spent with family, late lunch and then a surprisingly clear 250miles home!. Everyones a winner!

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Sarah February 15, 2013

A blustery cuppa – Country Kids

We took advantage of the sunshine and the blue skies today and dashed out early for a quick stroll and scoot. My little companion wasnt so keen on the scooting, she gets a little all at sea without her siblings and went for the bum on a buggy option. Even the orange cow couldn’t entice her to walk and scoot. In the end it was met with a rather dismissive ‘bye bye cow’ and we headed back.

The playpark bought out the adventurer in her and she was climbing and swinging…followed by a little trip to the cafe and a cuppa and some maltesers. Walking back to the car the sun was so lovely and warm that before we left i sat and let the sun warm my face. There is something so healing about the warmth returning after the winter.

It was a pleasant little morning and worth making the effort to get out.

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Sarah February 12, 2013

my colour project…

Last year i did a photography project. I set it for myself but i had been inspired by another photographer. It is a fun way of using your camera every day and also looking at the world a bit differently. I have been getting a bit itchy- feet photographically and am thing its project time again. 🙂

So im going to try and set myself another colour project. I generally just go with colours of the rainbow but whatever works. So who knows? Could be purple/aqua and salmon?!! 🙂

This was my efforts from last time i did it. If you fancy joining in, grab your camera and give me a shout if you do….the idea behind it is colour…not perfect, technical shots. You can use an iphone or a little point and shoot.

Fancy it?

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Sarah February 8, 2013

the converstions of sisters – #CountryKids

This week has been a bit of a rough week for us. One thing and another getting to the end of the week has seemed like a marathon….and an expensive one at that thanks to our car. *sigh*

I have driven three cars this week, one that was laughably too small, one that was so ‘new’ it didnt have a key which threw me every.single.time and our own juggernaut of a car. But dragging myself and the kids out for an afternoon jaunt round a park was definately the right choice. The girls made me chuckle at their crazy little sister ways and the fun they had out of playing just on ordinary things like some steps and a bench. Its the easy simplicity of childhood.

I took the dog with me and the girls took their scooters..now i know my limitations and upon getting to the park and contemplating two small, very speedy girls on scooters near open water and a very unruly dog was never going to work. So i bribed the girls to leave their scooters in return for a promised cookie at the end of our walk…

we had no bread with us, bad mummy, but these geese just wouldn’t take the hint and followed us most of the way round the lake. Im thinking they had nothing better to do and fancied a bit of a jolly. Or maybe they took the opportunity to do a bit of line formation practice!

ah alas it was closed and we couldn’t go in and see the statues.

is that not the face of a triumphant sibling. Her sister never quite made it…well she did….just not safely! These two are little chums, most of the time. 😉