A card

Another good day. After seeing Emily off to school, I got stuck in on the second basket of ironing. Probably got about half way through before it was time to take Claire to work and meet up with my friends for coffee at Caffe Nero. Always good to meet up with the coffee ladies and because we don't always get to see each other between coffee mornings, always lots to catch up on. Home by lunch time, another lovely day so made lunch for Hugh and myself and then I sat outside to eat. I love our back garden, if the weather is good it's beautiful sitting out there. Didn't linger too long though because I wanted to get the ironing finished. Ironing complete and it was time to start on a birthday card for a friend's birthday tomorrow. I didn't know what I was going to do so just played around with scraps and punches and I'm happy with the final result. I'd just finished the card when Mum and Dad arrived. Dad had some plants for our garden so we left him to it while Mum and I sat outside chatting. Once Dad had finished we had coffee before they left again. Very pleasant way to spend the afternoon. I'm now going to do some reading and have a cup of rooibos (redbush tea) before bed. xx

Update: Wasn't sure about the happy birthday stamp on the card so I typed up a new Happy Birthday and matted it with the brown. ~Which one do you prefer?

Good day!

What I mean is .... today has been a good day - productive! I did the ironing this morning, had a break for lunch and have just completed 6 months of filing! It's been bugging me, I don't like piles of filing and although I can hide it away in a drawer, I still know it's there - waiting to be done. Today, I went through every piece of paper, recycled what I could, shredded what I couldn't and filed all that needed to be filed. A good day indeed! Now I can enjoy my coffee morning tomorrow ;o)

Hope you have had a good day too.

xx

Still playing

A few more photos while I play with the lens

My new orchid

Charlie

Tulips and wall flowers

Azalea bush

Interesting!

Out for a walk this morning

Loved the blue glasses at a friend's house

I'll try and find something to write about soon ;)

xx

Playing with my camera

I've been trying to play with my camera a bit more recently. I have just got a Gary Fong Lightsphere for my flash (early birthday present from dh) and took a few photos the other day. I liked this one of Tom - doesn't look like it's taken with flash. Then after seeing Karen's photos taken in Highland Park and contacting her to see what lens she had used, I've been looking at lenses. I remembered that Dad said he had a 60mm f2.8, so I gave him a call and asked if I could borrow it to see what it's like. Emily and I walked round to their house this afternoon and picked up the lens and I started playing with it when we got home. First victims were the plants in our garden ;o) I love cherry blossom and thought this one turned out well.

This one of the wall flowers is straight out of the camera and I love the colours.

Another of the wallflowers. After that I persuaded Emily to come outside for a mini photo shoot (or I would post an unflattering photo from earlier, lol!) We just walked around our road and took a few photos in different locations. Here are a few that I liked.

Yes ma'am

Throwing a leaf up in the air - I couldn't believe I actually got the leaf in the photo!

Lots of leaves ;o)

Had to have a photo of the converses

leaf examination ;o)

Peek a Boo!

I have to say, so far I'm enjoying the lens and I'm looking forward to trying it out some more.

Hope you're having a good weekend

xx