Snapshots: A Photographic Year

Abandoned?

2011-07-20T11:32:00.002+01:00

I have been so busy fixing up the house in Wales and dealing with various family things so I haven't updated this blog in ages and ages. I miss photography; but, I really need a proper camera (not fond of the point and shoot); but, that will have to wait until after we sort out various house issues.

But, I will be back...

Day 184

2009-10-25T19:28:00.002Z

I sat to enjoy the sound of the waves. It was so windy my hat was blown into the field behind me. There was a bit of chasing involved; but, the hat was successfully retrieved.

Day 183

2009-10-25T19:23:00.002Z

This part of the forest hasn't started to change color yet.

Day 182

2009-10-25T19:19:00.001Z

Autumn walk. It was rather cold; but, at least the sun was out.

Day 181

2009-10-25T19:15:00.002Z

I am fascinated by the different moods of the sea.

Day 180

2009-10-25T19:13:00.003Z

Whilst practicing yoga, Marley sat on my chest; so, I took his picture.

Day 179

2009-10-25T19:09:00.002Z

The old sofa is in the sunroom. That means it is now my bed. Right?

Day 178

2009-10-18T22:19:00.003+01:00

Morfa, a National Trust Conservation area in Trefor, North Wales.

Day 177

2009-10-18T22:16:00.001+01:00

You guys keep unpacking. I will supervise from the comfy couch.

Day 176

2009-10-18T22:14:00.002+01:00

Sunset at West End, Trefor, North Wales.

Day 175

2009-10-18T22:11:00.002+01:00

The sea was rough today.

Day 174

2009-10-18T22:07:00.001+01:00

I have made fire!

Day 173

2009-10-18T22:03:00.003+01:00

Marley pausing for a rest on our walk through the countryside near our new home in Wales.

Day 172

2009-10-18T22:00:00.003+01:00

At the top of Snowden, which is the highest mountain in England and Wales.

Day 171

2009-07-31T23:07:00.003+01:00

Soon to be home sweet home! We are moving to Wales!

Day 169

2009-06-20T14:40:00.004+01:00

Walks are brilliant! Great for doggie meditation...ummmmmmmmm

Day 168

2009-06-15T22:30:00.003+01:00

Self-portrait. Back to blonde! I knew I would get back to my natural colour eventually. I just didn't realize it would take 9 months!

Day 167

2009-05-27T22:18:00.004+01:00

Action shot after a successful climb on the local bridge.

Just to prove he did actually climb it. This is how to still climb when there is a distinct lack of mountain or largish rock in the area.

Day 166

2009-05-27T20:14:00.003+01:00

Look! Sun! Doggie sunbathing time!

Day 165

2009-05-24T22:49:00.004+01:00

An interesting sign found in a vintage store on Brick Lane. The store had amazing shoes for small feet; but, I resisted.

Day 164

2009-04-21T16:24:00.002+01:00

Preening goose.

Day 163

2009-04-21T16:18:00.005+01:00

Hole of Horcum

Day 162

2009-04-21T16:13:00.002+01:00

Cute squirrel sitting on a medieval grave stone.

Day 161

2009-04-21T16:09:00.002+01:00

Pickering Castle

Day 160

2009-04-21T16:00:00.004+01:00

Lobster traps

Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire

Day 159

2009-04-21T15:54:00.003+01:00

Whitby Abbey

Day 158

2009-04-21T15:51:00.003+01:00

Man-made object among nature. Bit creepy; but, I liked it.

Day 157

2009-04-21T15:43:00.002+01:00

Clifford's Tower in York.

Day 156

2009-04-17T16:31:00.003+01:00

With the husband home, I am treated to lots and lots of live classical music. Can you guess what this piece is?

Day 155

2009-04-17T16:28:00.003+01:00

Mmmm, strawberries!

Day 154

2009-04-17T16:26:00.003+01:00

Buster getting a nice snuggle from Gyan.

Day 153

2009-04-14T19:59:00.002+01:00

Tulips! Spring is here! Hurray!

Day 152

2009-04-14T19:57:00.002+01:00

Country walk.

Day 151

2009-04-14T19:43:00.004+01:00

Andy and Tasha's wedding (brother-in-law and sister-in-law). Sorry for the quality. The lighting was quite bad.

Day 150

2009-04-14T19:33:00.004+01:00

The husband has passed out! Off to new careers and new horizons. See if you can spot him (hint: he is in a green beret)!

Day 149

2009-04-14T19:22:00.003+01:00

A really lovely statue in the Sao Paulo Museum of Fine Art.

Day 148

2009-04-14T19:18:00.003+01:00

An amazing tree found in a park in the middle of Sao Paulo. It was massive!

Day 147

2009-04-14T19:13:00.003+01:00

Fruit, anyone? The Sao Paulo Central Market had amazing fruit, nuts, chocolate, and meats. The fruit may not have been "perfect" like in Europe; but, it was pesticide-free and some of the apples were as big as my head! I happily ate a lot of fruit during my trip.

Day 146

2009-04-14T19:10:00.004+01:00

Brazilian sunshine from the balcony of my hotel room. It was a lovely day in Sao Paulo.

Day 145

2009-02-21T19:01:00.004Z

A stream running down the mountain from the paths to various Buddhist temples.

Day 144

2009-02-21T18:55:00.004Z

700 year old Buddhist Temple in Kamakura.

A view of the what is believed to be the first Zen Garden in Japan. Very simple, striking, and created from nature in around 1400.

Day 143

2009-02-21T18:47:00.003Z

A lovely flower in a Japanese garden.

Day 142

2009-02-21T18:43:00.002Z

A cloudy and rainy morning in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

Day 141

2009-02-10T21:50:00.004Z

Wrote out my Valentine's Day card for my husband and dropped it in the post. We usually don't do Valentine's Day; but, I figured with him away at Army training, it would be a nice surprise (even if a little funny!).

Day 140

2009-02-09T17:22:00.004Z

After all the dreary winter weather, I decided that some color was in order. I picked this up at the store on a bit of a whim. Aren't they pretty?

Day 139

2009-02-09T17:20:00.003Z

This is how I spent my entire Saturday...

Day 138

2009-02-06T16:42:00.005Z

Buster helped me build a snowman. He even autographed it for me...right before he destroyed it.

Day 137

2009-02-05T12:03:00.004Z

Bailey LOVES the snow. This morning after I cleared a path through the garden with a spatula (this is the UK, we aren't prepared here!), he started making doggie snow tunnels. Buster was too excited about the snow and was romping; hence, no picture. Marley was hiding inside as the cold affects his, ummm, delicate nature. :P

My street this morning. I am stuck at home because I can't get the car out of the shared drive. A spatula only goes so far...

Day 136

2009-02-05T12:01:00.004Z

View of our table at about 11 last night. I knew morning was going to be bad....

Day 135

2008-12-31T21:11:00.004Z

This very sad ball is at the centre of Marley's little life. I brought a new one back from the states. He isn't interested in the new one and is still obsessed with the broken one. An appropriate portrait, I think.

Day 134

2008-12-31T21:08:00.004Z

My dad gave me an iPod Touch for Christmas. I couldn't play with it until I got home because it had to be activated by my iTunes. There is no other way to have an iPod and I have only played with it for a day.

Day 133

2008-12-31T21:05:00.004Z

The newest addition to the cleaning arsenal. And we paid all of £50. I love it!

Day 132

2008-12-31T21:03:00.001Z

Christmas Tree in my grandfather's house. We had already opened presents and most of the mess had been cleaned up.

Day 131

2008-12-31T21:00:00.003Z

Christmas Eve was a beautiful day in New Mexico.

Day 130

2008-12-31T20:57:00.003Z

My husband, who wasn't able to make the trip with me, was rather jealous that we were outside this very famous rock climbing spot (located outside of El Paso).

Day 129

2008-12-31T20:54:00.004Z

Small town Texas and your friendly roadside rest stop.

Day 128

2008-12-31T20:50:00.005Z

When I moved to the UK, I found the amount of flavours available in potato chips to be astonishing. Whilst in Target in the good old USA, I found this massive display of potato chips in an astonishing range of flavours. Some were strange and the stand continued another foot or two to the left and right.

Day 127

2008-12-31T20:47:00.004Z

Sock Monkey slippers received for Christmas. Aren't they awesome!?

Day 126

2008-12-31T20:45:00.004Z

My mom didn't have a tree up because we were going to my grandfather's for Christmas. Thus, I present to you, the Christmas Window Seat.

Day 125

2008-12-07T19:19:00.002Z

We were in Leicester again today (as we were yesterday for the driving thing) and I saw this on the pavement downtown.

Day 124

2008-12-07T19:17:00.004Z

LOOK WHAT I DID TODAY!!!!! HURRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 123

2008-12-07T19:09:00.005Z

I crawled up on a bench and took this picture over a wall. For months, I have been dying to know what was behind the wall. It was a lovely surprise though quite frosty in the low winter light.

Day 122

2008-12-07T19:07:00.001Z

This was just too funny not to take a picture.

Day 121

2008-12-07T19:03:00.004Z

I love these things about England.

Day 120

2008-12-07T19:01:00.004Z

Top of an iron gate I saw whilst running an errand for work.

Day 119

2008-12-07T18:57:00.005Z

Frosty mornings in the garden.

Day 118

2008-12-06T19:16:00.004Z

All these tests are doing my head in. Once this is done, I will have passed some major hurdles.

Day 117

2008-11-30T19:29:00.003Z

At six o'clock in the morning, the only place open to eat breakfast at Amsterdam Schipol Airport was McDonald's. This is a scene from the rather empty (and rather odd) dining area.

Day 116

2008-11-30T19:26:00.003Z

Wood sculpture thing in the conference room. Have you gathered that I was trapped in the hotel yet? *sigh*

Day 115

2008-11-30T19:24:00.004Z

Canal off of Leidesplein. A group of us went for dinner and this is about all I saw of Amsterdam. It was pretty but so cold!

Day 114

2008-11-30T19:22:00.003Z

View of hotel lobby whilst waiting for the conference to start on Tuesday morning.

Day 113

2008-11-30T19:19:00.006Z

Thai Green Curry Dutch Style. It was room service whilst in Amsterdam. Too much work.

Day 112

2008-11-23T19:36:00.010Z

This was pushed through our mail slot this morning. Double-sided and full of nasty things regarding immigrants and immigration. It is a damn good thing they didn't knock on the door because I would have given them a piece of my mind.

Day 111

2008-11-23T19:14:00.004Z

A much deserved Chai and chocolate cheesecake muffin after hours of standing and presenting in Dusseldorf. A few hours later, I was on a plane back to London.

Day 110

2008-11-23T18:33:00.006Z

Scene from Medica, a huge medical device exhibition in Germany (huge as in 17 jumbo jet hanger sized halls backed to the hilt). This was my company's stand (which was quite large) with two of my lovely co-worker's explaining one of our therapies. I was there to answer Regulatory questions. It was a long day, but, good fun.

Day 109

2008-11-23T18:30:00.005Z

Lovely little sign on the back of my bed in an otherwise nasty hotel room.

Day 108

2008-11-16T17:49:00.004Z

My new doggie socks.

Day 107

2008-11-16T17:37:00.004Z

My husband took this picture while I was out with Karen yesterday; but, it is too cute not to post. Marley loves the guitar case for naps.

Day 106

2008-11-16T17:33:00.005Z

I received this little stuffed hedgehog in the post from my Switch Witch! Isn't he cute!? (sorry, his nose kind of blends into the sofa material).

Day 105

2008-11-16T17:29:00.007Z

We went for a walk in the country near a viaduct. These horses were in the fields and came up to us to say hello. They were really lovely.

Day 104

2008-11-16T17:25:00.003Z

Bailey and his Homer slipper.

Day 103

2008-11-16T17:21:00.005Z

With the cold weather here, we went to Peterborough so my husband could get proper running trousers. We also did a bit of Christmas shopping. I convinced him that I had to go wander around the cathedral grounds where I snapped this picture.

Day 102

2008-11-16T17:17:00.007Z

My husband and his wedding ring whilst reading in the sunshine.

Day 101

2008-11-16T17:13:00.000Z

Bailey decided that a nap under the pillow in the spare bedroom was a good thing.

Day 100

2008-11-16T17:09:00.004Z

I didn't see much of Sweden when I was there; but, the courtyard below my hotel was kinda pretty.

Day 99

2008-10-16T20:53:00.004+01:00

Self-portrait after a visit to the hair salon. In bright light, the highlights are frighteningly blonde and the brown is really dark. At least I got the first decent cut since I moved here. I just don't understand why they always straighten my hair.

Day 98

2008-10-14T18:30:00.005+01:00

I got my reveal package in my Switch Witch swap. It was full of amazing, amazing things. Too many to list here. The highlights are: homemade apple butter, graham crackers, five bottles of amazing perfume oil, a handmade book, and two homemade CD's full of amazing music. Made my day!

Day 98

2008-10-12T18:41:00.004+01:00

My husband ran the Peterborough Half-Marathon today! I am so proud of him!

Day 97

2008-10-12T18:39:00.002+01:00

My new toy! It was used today and will be used five days a week from here on out.

Day 96

2008-10-12T18:38:00.003+01:00

A long day of playing and walking in farmer's fields makes an older dog sleepy.

Day 95

2008-10-12T18:21:00.003+01:00

The cover to the "Steampunk" journal I created for my Mini-Book Swap.

Day 94

2008-09-21T20:36:00.005+01:00

Marley and Robin have had lots of quality time lately. The result is Marley cuteness (hence why he has been on the blog a lot lately). Here he is enjoying some good classical music before bed.

Day 93

2008-09-18T18:13:00.004+01:00

I am involved in another swap and I came home to find this gorgeous necklace! Made my day!

Day 92

2008-09-14T20:06:00.002+01:00

This site is evil! Yet, I still love it!

Day 91

2008-09-14T19:55:00.004+01:00

A nice sunny day! I decided to celebrate by reading in the garden along with a cup of tasty green tea.

Day 90

2008-09-14T19:53:00.004+01:00

Anybody need scrub, lotion, or soap? I have plenty!

Day 89

2008-09-14T19:49:00.002+01:00

Lazy days spent reading and snuggling.

Day 88

2008-09-14T19:44:00.003+01:00

Marley claims the bean bag. Such a big place for a small dog.

Day 87

2008-09-14T19:42:00.004+01:00

Spider web on a rainy morning.

Day 86

2008-08-30T12:41:00.005+01:00

I arrived home from Thailand early in the morning and this awaited me. I love my husband!

BTW, this is the first update for a month. If you want to see all the posts, keep going to the other pages. :)