365/2013 149-167

Oops, I've been completely forgetting to upload these 365 photos here again, but don't worry, I'm still on with it. In fact I've probably been using my phone more than anything for photos lately and I've been really enjoying it now that I have a phone with a good camera. 

This set of photos include the photos a day from our holiday too, so those are making me feel much happier.

149 - Waiting for the peonies to open
150 - My walk to work was extra green
151 - Watching the birds on our bird feeder
152 - Messing around the settings on Thomas's phone
153 - MY first roll of film since April, hurray!
154 - Marnie Stern at the Brudenell
156 - We finally watched Yellow Submarine, I liked it.
157 - The peonies in bloom!
158 - Harry!!
159 - Our view in Berwick
160 - Along the Berwick walls
161 - My Dad at St Abbs :)
162 - Bamburgh Castle
163 - Across Edinburgh from the top of the Scott Monument
164 - Beautiful Berwick
165 - Lindisfarne Castle
166 - :(
167 - The roller derby in Leeds! 

 (I appear to be missing a number though - bother!)

#peonywatch

If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I've been sharing photos of the peonies in our front garden again this year and one of my followers there Christie suggested that I make a gif of all the photos, so here it is! I love, love, love it!

(Although I do think one of the photos is out of order but it took so long for this one to upload onto Pacasion, I'm leaving it as it is...)

Catch up - #BEDM and 365/2013

Arghhh, it's the end of May! That means it's June tomorrow and a week from now, I'll be on holiday. Excited is an understatement (it usually is for me anyway haha). So first #BEDM. I kind of did a rubbish job with this. I started well... but my issue with this wasn't anything to do with the topics or the blogging every day - it was the level of sharing. Every once and a while I forget that actually, I'm really happy with my blog and where it is - I'm really happy sharing photos, having conversations in the comments (I always try and comment back, so definitely leave comments), sharing snippets of my life and actually, I didn't and still don't want to talk about a lot of the topics. I am glad that I pushed myself to talk about everything that I wanted to though and I'm also glad that I realised that I do love my blog and being here still, so I am incredibly grateful to Elizabeth for giving me that through this challenge. It's so easy to look at other types of blogs (lifestyle, fashion, mummy etc) and think that the grass is greener - but actually, I've spent 4 years carving out my own blog niche and I know now, that my niche is exactly where I should be... hurray!

Now, my 365 project... the good news is that I have still been doing this and I'm really enjoying it now that the weather is starting to slowly improve... the bad news is that I'm about 50 photos behind on here. Oops. So I'll share a batch today and a batch tomorrow I think. So here is 101 - 124 with some highlighted moments :)

105 - A letter card from my Grandad :) yeay!
108 - a new camera (ohhhhh) I haven't actually used it yet but I'm planning on taking it away with me.
110 - My first ever breakfast waffle and oh my... it was so good!
114 - Magnolias! Because you just have to
115 - Cake and tea on a special day with one of my very best friends. (You should check out her blog if you love cake, just saying...)
117 - I did take a photo but its of a secret project, so I can't share it here yet...
119 - I got a new phone. The camera is sooo good!
123 - Our first BBQ of the year woo!
124 - A gloriously sunny day in Knaresborough.

#BEDM - Favourite Social Media

Ok, back to #BEDM...

My favourite social media site is easily Instagram. I love the interaction on there, I love looking at everyone's photos, I love sharing snippets of my life and seeing snippets of others. I've recently been doing a 365 project on there which has been encouraging me to take photos even when I haven't really fancied it and I think that act of looking out for 'photo opportunities' even if I haven't had a camera with me has helped me to stay enthusiastic about photography on the whole. Though I am nearly a month behind on sharing the 365 photos here... oops. I'll get around to it, I'm sure.

Here are some of my favourite instagram photos since I joined :)

You can follow me on Instagram here, I have a private account but I'm fairly easy going with accepting new friends on there.

I will add that I really love Twitter  and Society6 too - I didn't expect Society6 to have such a social feel to it, but it definitely lives up to its name and Twitter is just perfect for everything - talking to friends, keeping up with the news, its awesome. I do not like Facebook.

p.s. If anyone was wondering about the #BEDM topic yesterday - my first job was in the restaurant at Norwich Airport on Saturdays, it was pretty dull. I then worked in two of the local Tescos expresses in Norwich after that and through out Uni until I got my first 'career' job in London at an Interior Design company for a placement year... all very exciting stuff.