The Summer Slump

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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Project 52: Week 29

Classics on the Common Harpenden

I have been seeing signs around town for weeks advertising an event called ‘Classics on the Common’ and had assumed it was a big open air classical concert.

Doh.

Thankfully, Being Mrs C put me right. It is actually an annual event where around 1500 classic cars and motorbikes go on display. In other words, DorkySon’s dream day out.

The Gallery: Street Photography

I could not be more thrilled with the theme of The Gallery this week – Street Photography. When I first got my camera, DorkySon was only a few months old. I used to push his pram round and round the streets of Edinburgh until he fell asleep, and then I’d spend a couple of hours snapping away and taking photos of anything and everything around me – buildings, people, parks – whatever was there.

Edinburgh Fringe Festival Royal Mile

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Closer

barbed wire macro photography

I posted a couple of weeks ago about what a surprisingly lovely time I had just going for a walk and taking a path that I hadn’t been down before. The weather was stunning again today, so I went out for another walk along a similar route, but this time I took a macro lens to really make me pay close attention to some of the things I saw along the way.
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Project 52: Week 28

The lovely folk at Abel and Cole sent me a freebie in my box this week. Normally that’s a cause for great joy. Previous freebies have included mince pies, cheese, lemons, olive oil and a recipe book.

This week they sent me a bottle of Beeple Juice. It’s a combination of beetroot and apple, and probably contains the recommended weekly dose of all kinds of vitamins.
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