Les Miserables Easter

Its Easter break and Les Miserables is in town.  Greenwich is always popular for filming.  Last time I've seen a set this big though is Pirates of the Caribbean when they were here filming the last movie.  Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe are in the film....and apparently they are singing.  I've seen the play on the west end, the movie with Liam Neeson....do we really need another Les Mis movie?  The set has me curious though and its always nice to see your little village in a major motion picture film>>

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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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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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Finding the beauty in running

I've been reading a book by Russell Simmons recently and he talks about how our lives are much richer if we focus on joy of the hard work/the process rather than the end result.  I mentioned this to James and he said that he sees this as one of the reasons why I get so unhappy with myself sometimes is that I'm too focused on ...oh things will be better for me when I lose this weight, or when I get a job, or when this happens or when that happens.  The fact is...I'm always chasing the future that hasn't come yet and I've got to find the beauty in the present moment >>

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Birthday Weekend and Blackheath

Celebrated James' 36 birthday with a 15 mile run in the morning and birthday cake in the evening on Friday.....the rest of the weekend has been quiet.  We went out for a belated birthday lunch today in Blackheath, walking through Greenwich Park and the very windy/cold weather.  Might pull out a DVD later or curl up to one of my books.  Love Sundays for how quiet and restful they can be.

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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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London pots

Today has been a good day.  I got on with lots of little things that I needed to do and then just before the sun went down I decided to wander through Greenwich on a photo walk.  Chimney pots and Trees seem to draw my attention the most recently.  So here's my favorites of the pots and tomorrow...I shall post my favorites from the tree photos.  I love how the pots are each beautifully different and how they are so, so London.

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Lazy Weekend

Nothing seemed to go according to plans this weekend.  Our long training 13m run didn't happen cause of an injury from Sat, movie plans to see 'The Kings Speech' were gone when we got to our local picturehouse to find tickets for like the whole weekend practically were sold out.  Cleaning the house just didn't materialize either as energy levels just went out the window.  So, I caught up on sleep...wandered round Greenwich and Canary Wharf after errands, read, got out Breakfast at Tiffany's again, left the piles of dishes/laundry and just did practically nothing....all weekend.

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