Apricots, Reblogs and Eurovision

So I woke up today thinking that I should probably write another blog post. I’ve been down the editing wormhole these past few days, as the final MS of Hills And Valleys has come back to me, so my posts and comments have been a bit all over the place. Then I saw that theContinue reading “Apricots, Reblogs and Eurovision”

Hugh’s Photo Challenge – Week 13: Love

Another last minute entry for Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge! The theme this week is Love, and so I’ve chosen a photo from my wedding day. It may seem an obvious choice, and in some ways it is. However, this photo says love to me for reasons beyond the obvious. I had a lovely wedding dayContinue reading “Hugh’s Photo Challenge – Week 13: Love”

Hugh’s Photo Challenge Week 11 – Rust

I’ve written about this object before. We found it on a beach in Ireland, just a little way around from where I photographed my rock face. We’d decided to climb along the rocks at the water’s edge to a small cove we could see in the distance. It turned out to be a fairly challengingContinue reading “Hugh’s Photo Challenge Week 11 – Rust”

Hugh’s Photo Challenge Week 9 – Stripes

Hugh, over at Hugh’s Views and News, runs a regular photo challenge with different themes every week. This week the theme is stripes, and here’s my entry: I snapped these wonderful stripy leaves on a walk to school last autumn – I think they look quite tropical, rather than something you’d find in an EnglishContinue reading “Hugh’s Photo Challenge Week 9 – Stripes”

Hugh’s Photo Challenge: Week 8 – Charity Christmas Tree Topper Challenge

Hugh over at Hugh’s Views and News is always good for a photography challenge. However, this week’s challenge happens to be for a very good cause as well. For every Christmas Tree Topper posted in blogland between now and January 5, 2016, Hugh will be donating £1 to The Dog’s Trust (to a maximum ofContinue reading “Hugh’s Photo Challenge: Week 8 – Charity Christmas Tree Topper Challenge”