Day Nine

When did she get so big?

Seriously. My eldest seems to have erupted in the last couple of months. She's 5 going on 15!
Thanks to the newest thing on Facebook I've been told (and shown!) every day recently just how much she and her little sister have grown up. It's as exciting as it is scary.

We bought them new 'summer' shoes at the weekend - in the hope summer will arrive sometime in August - and when they tried them on it was amazing how grown up they looked. I think it's the laces.

This picture is also going to be entered into a challenge over at the 365 Project website - I'm going to try and participate in a few every month as they're a good way of finding things to photograph and to push myself. This particular challenge is the Six Word Story challenge and is, quit simply, a case of taking a picture and using a title of six words to tell it's story. I'll let you know how this photo gets on!

Day Eight

A Pause

Today we sampled the pie and ice cream I made yesterday. The pie was deliciously juicy and sweet and went really well with the almost sorbet like ice cream.

I felt very pleased with my efforts, I can assure you! And you can see the remnants on Rosie's chin. I picked this shot of her for today's photo because I love her expression in it. Usually when she sees the camera I get the same overly dramatic and highly cheesy grin that her sister used to do and it was nice to get one of her mid-conversation where you could actually see her lovely blue eyes.

There was glorious sunshine this evening so after gorging ourselves on strawberry related goodies, we went outside so the girls could run off some energy before bed. Rosie rode her tricycle and Evie dashed about madly playing tennis for the most part.

I found a little patch of wildflowers between some hedges which was partly in shade and partly in the sunlight. I thought it looked rather pretty so I got some shots of the flowers before we had to head inside and try to herd the girls towards their beds!

Day Seven

The Day of Jam

So, over the course of today the 10kg of strawberries were turned into jam, ice cream and a pie.

The house smells amazing and the hardest part now is waiting for the pie to cool down enough to taste it!







In other news, the rosebud bloomed today! Hooray!

Day Four

My Shadow

My original plan, after some last minute baking this evening, was to show you a lovely shot of some freshly baked cookies in the evening sunlight.

While I was scooting around on the floor, trying to find the best light, I realised I wasn't entirely alone. Heidi, our 7 year old labrador, was under the table. Watching. Closely, I might add. Just in case something were to fall within reach of her mouth.

Typical labrador, thinking with her stomach.

Day Two

Sunlight

Something a little more abstract for today.

The horrible weather means this summer has been a bit of a slow starter for my garden. My sweet peas and sunflowers are making a valiant effort but I think it'll be well into August before we see anything from them.

But, the little wild corner I have with some grasses and field flowers is coming along nicely and the sun this evening was just perfect to take some shots.