Sweet nothings

Goodbye August....

I am so excited to begin September. I *heart* Autumn more than any other time of the year. I cannot wait for the season to be in full swing. 

August is over huh? and what a long month that was. I'm not very good at Summer... many reasons, just am not...so I'm not sorry to see it end. Operations, arguments, complications, children away, swine flu, trips, new dog walking, paint, hard drive crashes,  Anniversaries, exam results, Safari Parks, Canvases, stress and worry. 

Okay okay, so the stress and worry? its an on going thing, thats just how I am. The rest? exclusive to August. bah.

Bring it on September.

The garden is a little strange right now; not full of summer, and not full of Autumn. its a definite in between.

I had to look much much harder for macro shots..and they were mixed summer/autumn-y.

I'm leaning right over a flowering bush trying to capture a butterfly.. slowly slowly. focusing...then the bush starts moving and shuddering. whoosh, all bees and butterflies leave.

darn it.

Now what could of *possibly* been lumbering thro the bushes at that point huh? huh?

Hmmm... I wonder.

Every time I crouch down to focus on a flower/bee/seed head Sully comes crashing over to see if its anything he should know about too. Or if I'd like to play. Or like my lens licked.  Or, most importantly, if he can eat whatever I'm looking at....

 I do love my photographers assistants tho they totally drive me NUTS when I've got my macro lens on... The dog and two small girls, who pipe up; 'What are you taking a picture of Mum?' 

'Is it a bee?' 

'A flower?' 

'That leaf?' 

"Mum? Mum? what are you taking a picture of?' 

"Can I see?'

'I wanna see!!!'

:)

sheesh....

Now, What I want to know is...

is anyone feeling Christmassy yet? :)

:D

Pictures of the day....

{I dont like spiders, but I do like photographing their webs.  go figure}

almost 'perfectly' cute. if Daisy hadnt decided to squint thro the flower at this very moment...

still, just keeping it real over here....

late summer scrapbook page...

take the bus...

I nearly forgot to post about this day :)

today in Black and white.

I've got a new computer chair. Daisy helped me pick it out ;)

And...

shes home shes home shes home!

Tired, brown, loaded down with much laundry, full of stories -and a tiny bit more appreciative of her family. {gotta miss us to love us...}

woohoo -my Georgie's back :)

I painted her room and moved it around whilst she was away. Freshened it up witha few new pieces etc etc

 I was careful not to mention it on here, in case she went on line whilst away.  I didnt mention it on the phone either.

It was a surprise!

Except Mr Britguy didnt realise that, and had told her the very first phone call home!!!  

But never mind...

{these arent black and white. so sue me ;)}

She has the smallest bedroom in the house {somebody always has to out of four kids..} so it was easy to revamp and do super fast. She deserves it, we give her a lot of {absolutely deserved but still} hassle about her teen behaviour, so its nice to get the chance to spoil her, without spoiling her... if you see what I mean.

And I'm now three fourths complete. Just teen boy to come home on tuesday and I'll be whole again!

calm

You know that lovely writing about keeping your head if all about you are losing theirs. about being the bigger man, about keeping the calm deep down inside you?

well I cant do it. I find it so hard. Right now I'm needing it, that deep down calm it will be okay-ness. If you can bottle it, send me some.

lets stay home.

Todays walk was...

here. Across the Purbecks, Dorset. or across a small part of the Purbecks!

views of this ruin behind us. {Thats Corfe Castle}

And if you take notice, not the greatest blue sky.

Can you see where this is going yet?

In the first picture, what looks like a flat slight rise beyond the bushes is actually a steep hill. {you can see a tiny tree on the top to get some idea of scale.

We hadnt actually realised this walk involved such hills, but we did it anyway.

It was very windy at the top of that hill. really woohoo OMG crazy kinda windy. which I love.

However, Mollie since she was tiny {and with no rhyme or reason} has always disliked the wind. Okay, more than disliked- detested, hated the wind.

By the time we got half way it was spitting with rain amongst the wind and she was freaking out, By the time Mr Britguy had carried her to the top she was hysterical. 

It was just windy. it was not a tornado, a hurricane or even a strong gale. it was windy. She was not in danger at any point. Sheesh. unreasonable child fears? oh yup. Anyone elses child dislike wind? is it just mine??

Mr BG, with far more patience than I could muster, calmed her down to the tearful eyes but okay stage. We went on thro a small wood, and then 

up another hill. 

LOL

And seconds after taking this photo {can you still see the castle?}

...it chucked down with rain. Hard, icy rain. with strong, against us, wind thown in for good measure.

We ran for the trees, but,of course, Mollie freaked out. We were wet, wet as you like, and she was crying.

have I ever told you how much fun hiking with children is? 

Actually, to give Daisy credit, she just kept walking, she climbed the stiles herself, she climbed the hills herself,. She was our trooper. We try so hard not to hurt one childs feelings we forget sometimes to make a fuss of the other one. Or is that just our house?

Poor ol' Moll. She told me it was the worse day of her life. Dramatic if nothing else !!

So half way thro we had to take a short cut and make our way back.

Of course the sun came out then.

Once back in the village we had some lunch {sandwiches whilst sat on the church steps; excellent!}

Played which house would you like

 carried the dog when he got scared of the crowds {village & castle extremely popular with tourists}

{This doggy was fabulous today. His barking at strangers is getting less frequent, and he was a sweetheart with all the attention he got from passers by} {and he gets lots! its like having a rock star with you!}

& everybody even cheered up enough to pause for a pic before we left.

{the girls pose with their bribery new wooden mice in front of the Castle} {note the hiking boots :) }

With the Bank holiday weekend - everybody is coming South. Those of us already in the South cant move for tourists!!!!- and that not so great walk we arent going very far next few days.

Can you blame us?!

big brother

Teen Boy - we miss you!

appropriate scrapbooking...

keeping it real...

;)

I've got a brand new

combine harvester

pair of rollerskates.

{sorry silly old joke in reference to my name}

But anyway, I have a brand new set on my Flickr account. Its just of my New Forest Photos.

I'm starting {long process!!}  to put all my New Forest photos on here, so they are in one place. I'd really really like you to take a peek and tell me which photos 'sums up' the essence of the forest. 

Its okay if you've never been there, in a way its better. Then you might be clearer in knowing which pic makes you think its a lovely forest :)

massive thanks for doing so :)