Project 52: Week 34

September 9, 2012 By DorkyMum in Harpenden, Photography Tags: 52 week photography project, autumn, England, Hertfordshire, Photography, Project 52 9 Comments

September is my favourite month of the year. I love the autumn chill that creeps into the air, the leaves starting to turn, and the prospect of tucking ourselves up in preparation for winter.

This month I’ve got my 5th wedding anniversary to look forward to, as well as the MAD Blog awards and some new babies to meet as a few of my friends reach the end of their pregnancies!

In the meantime, I’m going to make the most of these last days of sunshine, playing ‘kick kick’ in the park, and watching dragonflies on the pond with DorkySon.

It’s all good. I feel very lucky.

The Summer Slump

July 27, 2012 By DorkyMum in Harpenden, Photography Tags: Blogging, countryside, England, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, Photography, UK 11 Comments

I am in a bit of a funny place with blogging at the moment. Not a slump, exactly, but I’ve definitely slowed down. I feel like I’m doing a lot of photo posts, and not very much writing. I think it’s partly because the weather has been so much better, so rather than spending my spare time sitting in front of the computer, I’ve been out and about walking, running, and using my camera.

I think it’s also just the time of year when a lot of bloggers are taking a break because of the summer holidays. We are off ourselves in a few weeks, and I plan to schedule some guest posts, but take some proper time off myself.
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A Walk

July 2, 2012 By DorkyMum in Harpenden, Photography Tags: countryside, England, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, Photography, Rothamsted Park, Rothamsted Research, UK 27 Comments

I was chatting to a friend last week, someone who lives in the same town, and we confessed a slightly shameful secret. We love to take our cameras with us when we go out – she is a much, much better photographer than I am – but we both find the countryside around here completely uninspiring. I had never thought of myself as an ‘urban’ girl, but I would far rather take photos walking down a street of grotty graffiti than I would take photos of the fields and rolling countryside around Hertfordshire. I just find it all a bit… well, dull.

On Sunday it was a lovely sunny day, so I thought I’d try and snap myself out of the photographic funk by going out for a long walk with DorkySon.

We started in the park as usual.

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