Jun 30, 2014 | inspiration and motivation
I’m a huge advocate for eating healthy. Whole, wholesome and homemade is my mantra when it comes to putting food on the table. which doesn’t mean i don’t enjoy naughty foods My kids often jokingly tell me I’ve ruined them for when they move...
Jun 27, 2014 | The Weekend Photo Project
Okay, okay. I know that this one is not going to be a prompt for everyone again, because not everyone loves books the way I do. so i rephrase to ‘something you are reading now’ It could be a magazine, a paper for work, the back of the cereal...
Jun 23, 2014 | inspiration and motivation
The weather has finally turned colder in my little part of the world… which means that everyone is complaining about it Is there really any point in complaining about the weather? We choose to live on top of a mountain which means, due to altitude, it’s...
Jun 20, 2014 | The Weekend Photo Project
If you’re anything like me, you’ve always got something on the boil. or a couple of somethings Some days it feels like I’m trying to juggle too many balls, and every now and again one of them falls to the floor which is a timely reminder to stop and...
Jun 18, 2014 | live laugh love
I came across my first Taking Stock post only yesterday over here at Libby’s blog – and the trail of breadcrumbs led me back to the original at Meet Me at Mikes. i like the idea of taking stock To stop and think about what is important in your world right...
Jun 16, 2014 | inspiration and motivation
We all worry about how much money we have in the bank. But do you ever stop and think about all of the wonderful people in your life? And do you let them know? Because at the end of your days, you won’t be remembered by your bank balance, but your heart balance....
Jun 15, 2014 | The Weekend Photo Project
I’m not quite sure that this photo fits The Weekend Photo Project’s prompt of ‘balance’, but it’s what caught my eye and made me think of balance, so here it is. Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend, wherever you may be in the...
Jun 13, 2014 | The Weekend Photo Project
experiment and learn how to provide a pleasing balance Sounds like it could be a life lesson instead of a photography one… Balance in photography has quite a bit to do with a concept called ‘visual weight’ – the ability of a region or art...
Jun 11, 2014 | beautiful to me
The Bash Vessel – which featured on page 72 of Issue 13 of Est – was how I came to find Tom Dixon. A British design and manufacturing company established in 2002 by founder Tom Dixon, the lighting, furniture and home-wares the company creates is now sold...
Jun 9, 2014 | inspiration and motivation
we all have those lightbulb moments But to make them a reality takes work. Lots of it. Which means sometimes you question whether that moment of genius was truly a moment of genius. or whether you were just making more work for yourself But I don’t suppose...