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Daily Prompt: Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall
Yesterday’s daily prompt asked us to think of our blogs as mirrors: “What does it reveal? Consider your blog name, theme choice, design, bio, posts… what does every element tell you about yourself?”...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree
What can be more carefree than paddling in the sea! Monday was Peter’s Birthday, so we both took a day off and went to the coast. Normally we go to Chichester harbour because we have a boat there, but...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus
I have only just learnt how to do this with my camera; To take a macro photo and have the background out of focus. I have been learning how to use my camera better and make it take the photos …...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea
This week’s photo challenge Sea, has had me thinking. We spend most of our spare time in summer on or at the sea, preferably on it if it’s warm, even more preferably in it! I have a huge collection...
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Travel Theme; Play
This is an easy one! In case you are wondering why Wilson is wearing a coat in 27° (80°F) heat, it’s a ‘cool coat’, made from chamois leather. You wet it, wring it out & it keeps him from...
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Travel Theme; Distance
I have realised I’m only getting to post once a week at the moment which isn’t anywhere as often as I would like. I’m only working 2 days a week, but I keep getting asked to do extra days so …...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual Point of View
Again the series of posts devoted to photography as visual storytelling have inspired me to start thinking about this week’s photo challenge, An Unusual POV in advance of the challenge. I often look...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside
I love this photo It was taken in Lanzarotte, in Cezar Manrique’s house. César Manrique was an artist and architect who was born in Lanzarote. The first time we visited there we couldn’t help but...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: From Lines to Patterns
This week’s Weekly Photo challenge is called From Lines to Patterns We see lines and patterns in the world around us, in nature and things man-made. Sometimes we don’t realize they’re there: on the...
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Travel Theme; Multicoloured
I’ve been looking through my photos from our trip to Santorini in 2008 recently and I found a few for the Weekly Photo Challenge; From Lines to Patterns. Most of the pictures I have from Santorini are...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated
I’m not sure if this is the kind of saturated that this week’s photo challenge was about!! Here’s a few more of wet Wilsons…. he likes water. Click on any of them to see a better picture For other...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Good Morning!
When we went to Egypt on our honeymoon in April 2011 we climbed to the top of Mount Sinai in the middle of the night so as to see the sun rise at the top. We got to the summit … Continue reading →
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon
I know I’m a bit late for this week’s Photo Challenge. I’m running a month late on most things at the moment so a few days past the deadline is good for me! When you are on a boat the … Continue...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit
As Michelle says in the Weekly Photo challenge, having a dog does indeed mean going for walks daily, often more than once a day. Where the habit comes in for us is where we chose to go for our walks....
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Weekly Pet Challenge (Not Wilson Challenge!)
Introducing Lilly Plankton, who since Wilson arrived has had very little airtime, or any other time for that matter. Wilson LOVES cats… he can’t wait to catch them, and unfortunately Lilly runs, so...
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A walk with Wilson
Yesterday a friend of mine posted some lovely photos of a walk in Windsor Great Park with his dog and I giggled as there wasn’t any dog in the photo. Today I took Wilson to Hurst Park in Molesey and …...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Layers
This week’s Weekly Photo challenge is called Layers, and I can not resist posting some pictures of the biggest layers I have ever seen! To put this image in perspective, here are some others of the...
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Grannymar’s Sunday One-Liners
Another of my favourite George W one liners for Grannymar’s Sunday One-liners; “You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.” Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001
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Weekly Pet Challenge
This week Myrtle wanted to feature in Michelle’s weekly pet challenge so she started with her party trick… Stealing Wilson’s food! Sometimes however she comes a bit unstuck!
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected
This week’s Weekly Photo challenge is Unexpected This was on the inside of my kitchen window when I came home the other day! A beautiful and very unexpected guest!
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