Recently III

Been really incredibly busy with Scentsy

.  Looking forward to a couple days break in the midlands with James' family.  Hoping for a lot of good things to come my way in the new year cause I'm exhausted frankly.  Only so many trials one person can deal with.  But have lots of hopes for the New Year:  Want to take more pictures and make more time for me amongst other things >>

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More Leeds and then a bit of London

These were all taken with the Fuji Instax Mini.  My word I love that camera.  The colors are to die for and it makes everything look like a watercolor.

I've been feeling pretty overwhelmed since Leeds with emotions.  Feeling really lost and its been a real blessing to be able to turn to photography to find the words when regular talking seems to fail sometimes >>

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Recently II

Felt really good to get outside to do pictures today.  Went for a walk with James.  Despite it being nearly the end of October, the leaves had barely changed and there were still roses in bloom in Greenwich Park.  Even still the air is starting to have that autumn smell and the temperatures are starting to really change enough to where its impossible to go outside without at least a warm sweater/jumper. 

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Misc.

I've been so busy with other things....I feel like my creative bucket is completely dry.  I feel at home when I'm taking pictures and since the marathon, starting Scentsy (to try to pay for my pictures LOL), etc. etc...my 365 day project completely fell apart.  I must start this again because it forced me to snap when I didn't feel like it and it really pushed me as an artist >>

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The Royal Wedding: In pictures

Anyway...other big things to worry about.....a certain wedding happened today.  Not sure if you heard much in the news but William and Kate got married this morning.

We got up early and after an English breakfast headed out.  By 7:30 when we arrived at the mall, it was already completely packed.  We couldn't get very close to palace at all (people were camping out for days), so we pushed through and managed to get a decent view near the bottom next to Waterloo Place.

The atmosphere was absolutely incredible.  In 10 yrs of living in this country....never seen anything like it.  It was wonderful to see all the flags waving, the little girls dressed up as princesses, people dressed in their Sunday best and wedding hats some even dressed in wedding gowns >>

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Marathon survival Kit

They say it takes a village....but on Sunday its going to take all this to get me through 26.2 miles.    Dextrose tablets, fruit snacks, deep heat (for before and after), pure beetroot juice shots (nasty but incredibly helpful), soluble pain tablets to put in our water bottles that will also have re hydration salts in them, a granola bar with spirulina in it and a disposable camera (no way in heck I'll take my compact and have it dropped) >>

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Round Greenwich

I've stuck round Greenwich and Blackheath a lot recently.  The weather has been really nice and I've got more time since we've been cutting down on the running drastically in prep for the marathon next week and well its nice to reconnect with the ole village again.  You can see by my pictures how much I'm sucked into nature.  I love how London has these amazing green spaces.  You wouldn't ever guess you were in one of the busiest cities in the world.

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Lately











My life lately besides running of course.  Not much time left till the big day.



P.S.

Keep James in your prayers.  His current job at Parliament ends on 30 April.

Happy Love Day

My yoga teacher today said an interesting thing about Valentines Day, that its unfairly limited to 'couples' and how wonderful it could be if it was just a day that focused on being kinder and more compassionate to everyone we meet (including ourselves).  Sure this holiday is pretty schmaltzy and over commercialised but I like that idea of having a day to focus on love.  I wish every day was Love Day.

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Gray Days

The skies are soooooo gray today.  In fact I would say if you could just pick one color to describe London 6 months out of the year....it would be GRAY.  It adds such a moodiness  and romance to London but you definitely have to know where to look for the beauty otherwise it can get depressing.  I'm not surprised Londoners seem so grumpy during winter. 

The pictures above are a new type of film I've never used before (Kodak Tri-X 400) and I think it captures the London Gray really well. Well to be honest only the top and bottom pics are London--the rest are from our trip to the countryside last month.  But obviously the rest of England would be gray 6 months of the year too and not just this little world I live in in London.

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