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Happy- because so many of these images make me smile. Sad- because I had to leave so many out. But you don't want to watch a 3500 picture slideshow, do you? Thought not! I can't believe how much fun and love and happiness we've packed into a year.
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*The Daily Mood by Fred
adjective
1. OK; perfectly all right
2.Just fine, thanks
One theory of hunky-dory' s origin dates from 1876, tracing it to "Honcho-dori", a street in Yokahama, Japan, where sailors went to, well, you know, feel hunky dory.
"Hunky Dory is also the title of David Bowie's 1971 album which contained classics such as 'Ch-ch-changes' and 'Life on Mars....
Synonym: It's all good
Antonym: Train wreck
Anagram: Horny Duky
Pig Latin: Unkydoryhay
Happy New Year everyone, back soon with exhaustive list of resolutions!
This shoot was long overdue, and once we decided we'd stop 'waiting for the weather to improve' haha, we decided to stop wingeing and get on with it, indoors. Actually, it was OK- enough light; it just needed managing a bit!
Everything felt very natural and easy. Helena was a dream model.
This one is for H's Dad, just a little reminder Jonny *wink*
Love, indeed.
This one (above) is this week's image for the caption competition!
Cool yes, wicked, totally!
I think this one is a bit Vermeer? All she needs is a pearl earring.
And this is just joyful...
Last shoot of the year- how fab is that!
I have joined a bunch of lovely ladies online, in making a shabby scrap journal. Led by Mary Ann Moss, whose 'free and easy and make it up as you go along, anything goes' style suits me perfectly. This has been seriously fun to do . Not finished yet, but cover done. I suppose I'll have to put it aside for a while whilst we get on with the festivities!
Actually, driving out for a day at the Paternal Grandparents', hoping that the Big Freeze* wouldn't cause us to be stranded away from our home, our presents and our turkey. It didn't, we are back home safely and awaiting the arrival of the maternal grandparents from the (relatively) frozen SouthWest.
Have a safe and enjoyable Christmas everyone!
*to my Northern American friends, this is a relative term, referring to the hype and hysteria that follows the gritting lorries as they ply their salty trade when temperatures fall below zero- centigrade, of course!The FlashBangPhotoBooth set up shop at Lydney Hockey Club's Christmas Bash; a mad bunch who could hardly wait for us to finish setting up before they piled in to strut their stuff- a hilarious evening for all!
And so on...... more coming soon on FlashBang PhotoBooth....
Feeling the urge to indulge my inner earth mother and pamper the 4 teenagers that slept (apparently) on my floor last night I tried Pioneer Woman's Cinnamon Roll Recipe.
The outcome was slightly different to PW's; but they went down a storm. I neglected to photograph the work in progress, mainly because my fingers were stuck together with glutinous, yeasty, doughy matter.
Couldn't decide whether to add the icing- but erred on the side of caution...
They turned out alright in the end, and though I was tempted to cut out the middleman that is my stomach and stick one roll on each thigh and and a couple on my waistline I did make a strong coffee and enjoyed a small one. Or was it two?
Were you wondering why the girls have blue writing on their limbs and faces? Yep, me too.
Even though the children no longer want to spread glitter throughout the house with such abandon as in previous years, I feel myself drawn to the sparkly reds and greens and the snowflakes and ribbon in my craft drawers. I'm trying to focus less on food this year as the focus of my creative output and more on making a few things for those who will, I hope, appreciate the homemade-ness of these little pieces! Yes, I'm baking and freezer filling too but I have to say I'm eager to get it out of the way so I can craft some more goodies. Better for my waistline and my Christmas spirit. I do have a tendency to the bah-humbugs if I spend too long in the kitchen...
Saturday night. Before. Clean, calm, scent of cinnamon and allspice. Waiting for the good times.
During. Banter, giggles, and belly-laughs. Wine and friendship. Melted Brie, spicy tagine and cherries and cholcolate. Crackers and jokes and silly toys.
After. Cool morning light and rain on the window. Crumbs and chairs and napkins abandoned. Memories and mild hangovers. Sunday papers and unhurried dishwashing.
Another Saturday night.
A lovely wedding on a perfect autumn day! In fact the only nice day recently so we were all lucky- Judith and Cetin must have been good:) Just look at this light...
And, as Judith is a forester, we had full access to the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail for a quick photo shoot! This one is called the Cathedral... an al-fresco stained glass window.
And anyone who has ever visited the area will have seen the Giant's Chair...
But it's not often you see a bride and groom frolicking amongst the beech trees!
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