Penbleth
I'm a wife and mother and when I'm not being an absolute treasure to my family I post words and pictures on the internet.
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- May 25, 12
As I have been saying I am on a mission this summer to learn more about photography and to allow my creativity to surface. To this end as well as undertaking a number of photography e-courses I have...
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This month, as I’ve said before, I have been rediscovering my camera and my creativity. Taking pictures is so readily available to everyone, or almost everyone now. So many of us have at least...
Read more ... - May 16, 12
I had peace today to enjoy my camera and a walk. No work for the wicked today. I had to hurry back to meet 13′s nurse, only to get home to discover she had called to cancel. What a pain, work...
Read more ... - May 09, 12
I have been thinking lately about what I want to do, where I want to be. Some of those decisions are taken for me. I have a husband, a family, a daughter with a high level of needs and demands. She,...
Read more ... - May 04, 12
What an odd week. After months of fairly consistently good behaviour 13 has been such a rascal this week. We had the saga on Tuesday of the child who wouldn’t come home. Then it appears that...
Read more ... - May 02, 12
Yesterday started out pretty nicely. I was home, I had time, the day was mine to do with as I pleased. Well, as long as I got all the house stuff done but let’s pretend we don’t...
Read more ... - May 01, 12
Peace. Mayphotoaday. © L McG-E. 2012. All rights reserved. There is a moment, it doesn’t last long, when the house is empty, kids gone to school and the day stretches out in front of me. I take...
Read more ... - Apr 29, 12
Tonight is another respite night. You know I look forward to them. The time to not have to make 13 our number one priority is freeing. The chance to go out and relax isn’t bad either. ...
Read more ... - Apr 19, 12
That was yesterday. Yesterday was definitely a, if it can go wrong it will, sort of day. Which sucked. First 13 woke REALLY early and taunted me. Then we turned up for an appointment with the...
Read more ... - Apr 17, 12
No, I’m not entirely sure what that means myself either. Today was jump on the scales and let the people who run the diet know what you weigh day. Always a joy. I approach the scales like the...
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- I've got my bag and I'm going to respite.
- Penarth Pier this afternoon.
- My new sofa is here, my new sofa is here!
- I've got the whole day to myself. Now to decide what to do with it, shame it's raining, I'll just have to nap instead. See how that worked for me?
- Cuddle up brother.
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Some of them survived the mower. Little and pretty does not preclude strong. (Taken with instagram)
Apparently my kids would rather sit in an upstairs room than the sunshine. Changelings! (Taken with instagram)
A delightfully sunny start to the day and a not unpleasant evening with a crispy centre of kicking and scratching.
Such fun, at least to 13.
It’s Friday, we all know what that means - party like a parent. (Nap while she’s sleeping.) (Taken with instagram)
Duck and squirrel.
Firstly, let me apologise for the egregious lack of ducks in yesterday’s photos. In a grovelling attempt to make it up to you, here is a gorgeous Mallard drake AND A SQUIRREL!
Enjoy.
The click goes through to the rest of today’s photos on Flickr.
FiL gives nice pressies sometimes, even if it is a little beyond resurrection. (Taken with instagram)
17: What’s in those little boxes Mum?
Me: Film.
17: … There are prints in there?
Me: There is FILM in there.
17: For the cameras upstairs?
Me: Yes.
17: …
Me: ?
17: In those little boxes?
Me: Yes dear, in those little boxes.
17: Wow.
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Celtic cross gravestone. St. David’s Church, Pontyclun. 23rd May, 2010. © L. McG.-E. All rights reserved.
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Tweets
- You know you're pissed when you RT something that wasn't funny to please someone you don't know because it seems important to them.
- All my apps are wobbling. Clearly they're out in sympathy with my brain.
- Sober enough to remove several tweets and @ s before sending. That will have to be rectified.
- In honesty, I don't do maths when I'm sober. There are people for that.
- Now that I'm tiddled Hub is asking me to do maths. It's sad when people become demented.
- It's Pimm's o'clock. We will call this measure, "mine". http://t.co/djD3G8Q5
- Okay, so image-free day didn't last. http://t.co/4ipzRMsY
- Sadly, both those things are true. Shoot me.May 28, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- A life-size photo of The Queen arrived in the library today. I went to ensure they had caught my best side. To my horror IT WASN'T OF ME!May 28, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- One is sending one's husband to the food emporium for lemonade. Pimm's sweet voice calling shall not go unanswered this evening.May 28, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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- Love letter to yourself. It took me longer than I thought to be able to do this. #rewritingthestory http://t.co/sPSnezbW
- Hot and sunny with outbreaks of kicking in the afternoon. http://t.co/17EgdcRO Or, how every sunny day needs a good kickfest, apparently.May 25, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- I am enjoying this early taste of summer the sun on my skin the chance to get out, walk in the fresh air and take some photos. Rejuvenating.
- Friday night is party night. Party like a parent night - nap while your kid is sleeping. #instagram #rewritingthestory http://t.co/h3DiD0Jk
- Time to tuck away Lightroom and get in the kitchen. My life is one long round of excitement.May 25, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Relax, stretch out your legs and breathe. #rewritingthestory http://t.co/APRqCUU0
- Red and white and red and white and buttercups. #rewritingthestory http://t.co/MJdJhlAu
- Soft and muted days. http://t.co/CV4TeRzQ Or, how despite a long evening I managed to take blurry photos. Magic. #rulefreeMay 23, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Photo: Mama and babies. © L. McG.-E. A mama duck and her ducklings basking in the early morning sunshine. http://t.co/yRGdHy9y
- Photo:Light and midges (and not a heron). © L. McG.-E. http://t.co/uusJKjqu #rulefreeMay 23, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Today has been about walking in the sun and taking photographs. Far too hungry to snap the full plate. #rulefree http://t.co/qUncOfd9
- Autumn leaves. http://t.co/bmwcspKg
- Sunflower http://t.co/AeHHSrMC
- I am really enjoying the freedom to turn the camera on myself and my world, to see things anew and not feel I have to explain why.May 16, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Some beauty and a floozy. http://t.co/sQKFIHku Taking @viviennemcm advice to see beauty around us, then spoiling it with a floozy. (Me)May 16, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Sit in the garden on a sunny day. http://t.co/mev6tAYt
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