Alfie and the beach – perfect afternoon (if a little windswept and chilly! ️ Swipe for a closeup!)

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This is my first entry into the I Heart Faces weekly photographic competition. I love checking it out every week. The theme for this week is Creative Cropping, and I am submitting this photo of my son who is 4 and has a real twinkle in this eye. I found a perfect quote to go…
You might imagine this is a post appreciating Christmas, the lovely gifts and yummy food. Happy times spent with family and friends. However tonight my appreciation is for something more basic yet essential……water. The cottage was without running water for just about 36 hours but simple things like brushing your teeth or boiling the kettle…
Those who “know” me, in the real world and on-line know I hate to be in front of the camera. So imagine my sinking heart when I was challenged to post a self-portrait (including my name for the forum) for my latest photography course – arrrghhh! So this “self” portrait had 3 willing young photographic…
And so begins our 4th house swap adventure, and our first to France. You can read about previous home exchanges to Dublin, Boston and Galway previously on my blog. This time we are staying on the edge of a beautiful medieval hilltop town about 90 minutes north east of Paris. For the first time we…
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED – but there’ll be another one as soon as Tesco’s launch the next Orla Kiely bag! I don’t know about you, but (when I remember to leave them in the car for next time) I much prefer using reuseable shopping bags to the flimsy plastic bags provided. It’s even better,…
EDITED TO ADD – THIS POST WAS SUPPOSEDLY PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY – JUST REALISED IT HADN’T – SORRY FOR THE DELAY!!! Another week of images taken on my iphone – recording everyday life. I am writing this post in Dublin airport. We are on our way to Orlando, Florida, but things aren’t going quite…