Sillouette

This is the photo that earned a top 5 slot on Cheryl's workshop. Thanks th Cheryl for organising this, it has really made me think more about creative photography.

So chuffed!!!

I am feeling really happy today. I found out this morning that a photo I submitted, as part of an online photography workshop, has been picked as one of the top 5 images of the week. There are 226 people on this course, so to get picked out of so many means so much to me. i have been putting a lot of time into my photography recently, and i really feel as though it is paying off now. I shall post the picture on here once I get home from work.
I'm busy putting a portfolio together for my evening class that I am doing, and this online workshop is helping me to get some more creative shots for that. I have got 2 pictures that i shall take to class tonight to get some feedback from my tutors.
I just wish i had started taking my photography further when i was much younger, as there would have been more of a chance to make a career out of it. I think it will always just be a hobby now.
Talking of careers, i don't know how much longer I shall stick my current job. there have been a lot of changes to the team recently, and things are not good. I need to seriously look at my options.

Counting my blessings

I have been sitting here this evening counting my blessings. I have spent some of the day and most of the evening with a very dear friend, whose not quite one year old little girl is suffering from an extremely rare form of skin leaukaemia. So rare that the doctors treating it do not know what to do next, as she is not responding to any chemo. my friend is understandably devastated, and is facing the very real prospect of losing her little girl.
I came home, and kissed my sleeping baby girl, hugged my bigger one and told her I loved her, and thanked my lucky stars that they are well and thriving.

A rare LO

I do so little scrapping at the moment, life seems to be so busy. So I was really pleased to get this one done. It alreadt seems a lifetime ago since Cerys finished wearing her helmet. In a small way I miss it, she looked so cute in it, and whenever we were out, total stangers would strike up a conversation with us.