Week No. 34 - Saturday, 27th August 2011

This week's theme is connections and I have really struggled to find a subject! Ended up cheating and taking pictures yesterday (late, I know) at Skegness. Kirsten and I went with my Mum and Dad for the day. The front has had a lot of work and money spent on it and I love the blue colour that all the metal work has been painted along the promenade (connections get it? No, oh well I said I was struggling!) I decided to give the picture an old postcard feel too just for fun. Unfortunately, whilst we were there one of the rides on the pleasure beach 'collapsed' with 22 people on it. The ride abruptly stopped and banged down on the ground, one woman has serious head injuries and six other people are in hospital. Seeing all the ambulances and fire engines made my blood run cold as the rides were our next port of call. My heart goes out to the children and adults hurt and their families who had to stand and watch helplessly, I hope all are recovering from their frightening ordeal. X

Week No. 33 - Saturday, 20th August 2011

'Slow Down and Look Back'

This week's theme has really challenged me, Carl suggested taking a photo of him jogging and me lagging behind - cheek! Instead I chose to photograph Hope holding a picture of herself at about 14 months looking back at the camera with a big cheesy grin. I sometimes wish time would slow down and that they hadn't grown up so quickly, thank goodness for photos. My passion for taking pictures has grown out of capturing these precious moments that I love looking back at. Go on get those old piccies out - you'll be glad you did XX

Week No. 32 - Saturday, 13th August 2011

My favourite time of the day

This is probably a bit predictable but I love the part of the day when I can sit down, cup of tea in hand and watch exactly what I want on the telly! At the moment Monday nights are my favorite, tv wise, I love Britain and Irelands Next Top Model. Not exactly challenging viewing but I love watching the photo shoots and how the final photographs turn out (and there is a bit of reality tv thrown in too with the wannabe models living together). After a busy day it is lovely to sit down and veg out - bliss.

Week No. 31 - Saturday, 6th August 2011

Up, up and away!

This week's theme is sky and here is a shot of the monorail at Alton Towers lit by the evening sun. It's taken on my little compact and there is a bit of lens flare but I like the sky and was lucky that a carriage went past just at the right time.

Week No. 30 - Saturday, 30th July 2011

Alton's Letters

Photographing letters of the alphabet really shouldn't be this difficult but I have left taking pictures for this week's blog until today (whoops) but here we are. The letter S made of phox in the garden is quite significant for me as my Grandma has a photograph of her Grandad standing beside the monument as he was a head gardener there. After abit of internet searching I found that the monument is in honour of the man who designed the gardens, the inscription 'he made the desert smile' is reference to the fact that he transformed the grounds of the hall completely. Grandma's family have always had connections to Uttoxeter and the surrounding area. The bookworm on the S is from the Storyland area and X Sector is where I screamed like a complete girl on Oblivion and lost my voice! Happy days.