A bit of colour!

June is here and the sunshine is back!

I've been making the most of this, trying to get my garden into some state of pretty.  Lots of veggies planted now and some gorgeous flowers blooming.

It was this tiny little thing poking through the concrete that caught me eye, though.

Wedding Day

I've been seriously lacking in photographic inspiration lately, hence the neglect of the blog and the abandonment of the 52 weeks project :-(  Luckily, this weekend I was inspired to pick up my camera again and get snapping.  My cousin was getting married and it was the most glorious spring day, so the perfect opportunity to take some sunny shots.

In fact, the conditions were a bit too bright and, as there was little shade, it was tricky to catch people without harsh shadows and squinting eyes.  Still, I'm not averse to having a little flare and haze for that dreamy, summer look.

Anyway, here are a couple of shots from the day:

Another year, another project! 52 weeks

Week 1: 1st to 7th January

Snowflakeh

So, time to start a new challenge. I can't cope with another 365, so this year I'm going to attempt a 52 weeks project to give me something to make sure that I get my camera out and keep trying new things.

Anyway, I needed to go to Hobbycraft last week to get some double-sided tape (I had a very revealing dress to wear for New Year's Eve, and didn't want anything falling out whilst I was dancing!!) Whilst I was there, I saw all the pretty craft punches they had, and picked up a snowflake one, thinking I'd have another go at shaped bokeh.

It's still wintery cold here at the moment, and apparently there's snow forecast for Friday, so I guess it's appropriate for this week as well.

Project complete!

Hooray!

Day 1:

Day 365:

It has been a real challenge, and there are a couple of blips. I forgot one day (was tipsy on my birthday and forgot to take a picture), and then took a couple of photos on my iphone which I lost before uploading, but it is at least a complete set of photos for every day of last year.

It's great to look back on the whole year like this and a really interesting record of what I've been up to. I also think I've learnt a lot from it. I've tried out a few new techniques, and just become a bit more confident and imaginative.

It was a real struggle at times, and there are a few too many photos which are total rubbish that I just took to get a shot that day. I'm not sure I'd do it again, but I'm so pleased I've completed it. I'd definitely recommend anyone else to have a go

Here's the set:
Project 365
And a couple of my favourites:

365 days project - week 43

I've got really behind with uploading pictures and with blogging each week's progress, but don't worry, I am still on track with the project, it just might take a while to catch up on here.

Day 302 - More naughty treats

Day 301 - Flaming Autumn

As it's half term, I was able to pay a visit to Harcourt Arboretum today to get some pictures of the beautiful autum leaves.

The colours are just spectacular, and as the sun was shining today, the trees were just flaming in the autumn light.

Day 300

Wow!  Day 300!  And another photo of Chester, I'm afraid.  He was having a lazy evening.

Day 299

Day 298

The autum light has been just beautiful in the afternoons lately.  I've been taking advantage of it as much as I can.

Day 297 - Chocolate and caramel and yumm

So, my 365 seems to consist mainly of pictures of .... my shoes and my naughty food.  Today - my naughty food.  I'm not feeling very well today, so I had to get some comfort food in.  These were soooooo good!

Day 296 - Introspection

Colours of autumn

365 days project - week 42

Things have been very hectic!  I went on a girls' weekend to Cardiff, which was a much-needed chance to let our hair down and forget all our stresses.  It's also been the last week before half term, which has meant lots and lots to do, especially preparing for exams when we get back.

So, all in all, not the most inspiring set of photos this week, but I have the week off, so I may be able to come up with something a bit better next week when I finally get some time off!

Day 295 - Speccie-four-eyes

I ran out of contact lenses this morning because I'm too disorganised and have too much going on at the moment, so I'm back to being a speccie-four-eyes at the moment.  I'm hoping it's making me look more intellectual!

Day 294

Hee hee!

I know this is a bit of a cheat - a photo of a card - but being a veggie, it does make me chuckle.

Day 293 - Wrapping up

Brrrr!  It's turned cold this week.  Really cold.  The winter woollies are properly coming out now.

Day 292 - Heaven

I'm so ready to curl up in my bed and shut out the world.
Day 291 - Glo!

So tired after my weekend!

We had the glo-sticks out on Saturday night (retro, baby!), so I'm lacking in imagination, here is my little glo-stick face.

Day 290

Here we are, ready to hit the town!

Crap photo, I know, but I'm having a weekend away so haven't really got the time to take decent photos.

I really did think my iphone should take better photos than this though; you can't even see our faces (probably a good thing in my case!)

Day 289

So, I'm having a weekend away in Cardiff with my best girl friends.  It's a much-needed chance for us all to let our hair down, so I'm afraid I've not really got the time to think about taking my camera or taking any decent shots.  Tonight I just grabbed a quick shot of one of my favourite shoes!