Penbleth

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. 

I may have squeed. Because I’m 3 and easily excited. (Taken with instagram)

Relax. (Taken with instagram)

Yum. Yes, I really changed it up tonight. (Taken with instagram)

Sun flower. (Taken with instagram)

Hello on there, hello. (Taken with instagram)

Lest there be any doubt where the out-laws live. (Taken with instagram)

Red and white and red and white and buttercups. (Taken with instagram)

What’s that then Pen?

Well, say you have to go and do some tiresome work because of bills and two boys at uni and a girl hoping to go the year after next plus things you want yourself. Say you MAY have got a little click happy yesterday. Say your daughter wasn’t about to hear the door while you were out earning a crust. Say the postman left a note, say you then tried to have it redelivered but the nearest available date is SATURDAY and WHAT???? Not acceptable.

You might then feel you had no other option but to give the note to your husband to collect on his way to or from work tomorrow. 

It could be batteries - for cameras, people, for cameras. Yes, I ordered batteries.

It could be film - for said cameras.

It could be, since two of the packages require signatures, polaroid cameras. Yes, more than one. Listen, no point going off partially cocked, full cock or nothing I say. (Three.)

It could be film for said polaroids.

It could be a book on photography.

It could be any combination thereof.

Anyway, who has a room to hide me? 

If he had told me what he wanted for his birthday one of these options could be his present. It’s not my fault I can think of plenty of things I want while he can’t. 

Sit in the park. (Taken with instagram)

What DOES a woman have in her handbag? (Taken with instagram)

Hoop and whip. Yeah, I don’t know what it’s really called. Cardiff. (Taken with instagram)

When your child has special needs you still need to take time for yourself. I am doing that, today by taking blurry pictures. For a reason.

Yes, it’s a blog post and there are words but also ducks and buttercups and daisies. One day I’ll do gritty, not today though, apparently.

GPOY we had sun today W. (Taken with instagram)

Mama and babies. © L. McG.-E. All rights reserved.

It’s Wednesday, as good a time as any for a mama duck and her ducklings.

Every so often along the canal banking this morning there were gatherings of ducks sitting sunning themselves in the early morning beams. Such glorious creatures. 

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Light and midges. © L. McG.-E. All rights reserved.

This is what you are left with when you hunker down to take a pic of a heron and a spaniel runs up behind you and starts barking. Heron flies off and all you get are lights and midges.

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