Photographic Heaven

Last week Homespun Man (for that is what he shall now be known as!) had the week off. With such lovely weather we decided to take the boys out on some day trips to make the most of it.
This also gave me the chance to play with my new DSLR, which I'm currently trying to get to grips with. This has meant that my old camera has gone to Homespun Man, his camera has gone to our eldest son & in turn his camera has gone to our youngest son...following this so far?

Anyways, armed with enough digital hardware to fill a bucket or maybe a bus or more like something in between, we went to explore Dunsford. This is a beautiful area on the edge of Dartmoor with a tranquil winding river, birds singing, beautiful flowers, even the odd husband taking a photo!

It's snow Delia!

It's such a rare thing for us to get any snow, that today was a whole new experience for our hens.

They ran for cover, not sure what to make of it! Delia is by far the brightest of our hens, and she felt it was worth investigating....with a little encouragement (she's very partial to a custard cream!)

In The Pink!

A very dear friend of mine gave birth to a beautiful baby girl this week, 'Poppy Grace', so I've just been rumaging through my stash for all things pink to make her a card. Having 2 boys it makes a lovely change to be making something girly!

Cobwebs

After all the lovely sunny weather we've had this last week, it was a bit of a shock to wake up to thick fog....but the old saying 'Every cloud has a silver lining' can be so true sometimes.. I pulled on my wellies, squelched through the wet grass to let my 'girls' out (these are my 12 beautiful hens, pics to follow) I could barely see their coop for the mist, and then I looked up.... it was like nature had hung out her Christmas decorations early, the most stunning cobwebs everywhere, hundreds of them!

Now I'm not a big fan of spiders, in fact I can often be seen running like a mad thing from a room where one has been spotted!, but you have to admire the workmanship of their creations, so there really is a silver lining to a foggy morning.

Shiver me timbers!

A while ago I bought some fabulous pirate themed papers with the idea of doing some page layouts of my boys. Like so many things I've never got around to it yet, but it's my nephew's 8th birthday tomorrow & they gave me the inspiration for his card.

Most of the card has been made using my Cricut machine & the Paper Dolls Cartridge, which I've only just started playing with. It's packed with all sorts of additional accessories (more than I thought) & I'd highly recommend it :o)

The sun has got its hat on (at last)

Finally the sun came out on Sunday. I'd almost forgotten what it looked like....

We went for a walk to the local playing field to collect brambles for my youngest sons stick

insects... (a fairly recent addition to our household!) only to find the brambles were laden with blackberrys. Never being one to turn down free food! a quick dash home for some suitable containers and 45 minutes later...voila!

It's been a mighty long time...

It's been a mighty long time since I last posted....

What with the school holidays and all, I don't know where the time's gone!

But I'm back to it now, and intend to be far more regular (if you see what I mean!)

Even my baking mojo has illuded me for weeks, but no more....finally, a puff pastry triumph in the kitchen....mojo restored