Daily Photo Challenge - 07.01.14

I am very partial to a cup of tea or coffee. Until my pregnancy with J, it would always be tea for me (strong, white, two sugars / sweeteners) but after my pregnancy I would merrily accept a coffee as a good alternative (weak, white, two sugars / sweeteners) More recently I have been drinking more coffee than tea, but it’s still a standing joke amongst my friends that I am “The Teapot”

Knowing this, one of my mates found me a brilliant mug. Holding a vast 1.5 pints, this “World’s Worst Hangover” mug does me a cup of tea that’ll last over an hour! Though the hangover bit I have only suffered from once since having J (and vowed, as it was such an awful experience, never to do that again!) the size of this mug is fabulous and I think it’s great!

Daily Photo Challenge - 06.01.14

Our girlie dog, Holly, we rescued on 23^rd December 2007. At the time, she was estimated to be approximately 6 months old due to the fact that she appeared to be a Border Collie and around the age of a 6 month old pup due to her size.

As time went on, it became increasingly obvious that she isn’t a pedigree Border Collie and she is clearly mixed with a smaller breed dog – possibly a spaniel, because she has quite curly, thick fur and little triangle ears with corkscrew curls on them. It doesn’t matter to me – she’s a crazy, smelly, pain in the bum but she’s an affectionate little fatty and she’s always so happy to see you and always so grateful for cuddles, she’s one in a million.

Despite the fact we’ve had her for 6 years now she’s not got a lot taller, she’s certainly become plumper (she’s a greedy little madam!) but in comparison to Buddy she’s a lot smaller. I took this photo before going to work for the day – she comes and sits next to me while I have a coffee and listen to the birdsong and generally try and wake up and prepare for my day. She doesn’t breathe very well – she snuffles a lot, we think she had a collapsed lung or something left untreated before we adopted her – and she’s completely nuts, but she’s a loving little addition to our household.

Daily Photo Challenge - 05.01.14

It was a rainy day today so after a late, lazy breakfast I asked J what he wanted to do … I wasn’t surprised when he announced he wanted to play trains. And so, at the age of 32 and two thirds, I found myself in my PJs cross-legged on the floor in his room putting on a funny voice to sound like the Fat Controller, singing the “Thomas and his friends” song and having conversations about which version  of Thomas to use to pull Annie and Clarabelle (we have normal Thomas, Ltd Ed Metallic Thomas and Party Thomas!) It was a very lazy but very nice and happy way to while away the hours with my boy.

Daily Photo Challenge - Project365 - 04.01.14

Daily Photo Challenge – 04.01.14

Our boy dog, Buddy, is 8 and a half. A lot of the time he acts like a right old grump, even though he’s soft as putty, but every so often he has a real puppy moment. Tonight he was like that, and after ages of playing rough and tumble with Daddy P he jumped up on the sofa for a cuddle & an ear rub. I caught this snapshot on my phone and it makes me smile as it looks like Buddy is grinning.

Daily Photo Challenge 03.01.14

So, for todays #Project365 I have chosen this panoramic landscape image of the sky earlier today. Moments before this photo was taken the sky was bright, the pale winter sun was out after a beautiful sunrise this morning and though it was crisp and gusty it was a nice morning. In a short space of time it went dark, thunder rumbled like a huge bass drum and hail the size of golf balls fell for about ten minutes. After the hail let up the rain continued. This image reminds me of the awesomeness of nature and how quickly things turn.

Daily Photo Challenge 02.01.14

Day 2 of Project 365 - 02.01.14
Since its been raining for the last two days, today being brighter (though cold and windy) J and I got out of the house for a bit to visit some friends. This is J ready to leave, apparently giving a Vulcan "Live long and prosper" salute. Combined with the half mad - half organised hair do and the slightly crazed look in his eyes and I captured his mood for the day (being a tinker!) perfectly in that one snap.

Daily Photo Challenge 01.01.14

Well, here we are in January 2014 and I managed a whole nine days of the Brit Mums Daily Photo Challenge for December.

When I started the project late I was keen and enthused, but unfortunately the normal commitments of life added to the chaos of December lead to me running out of time to be able to continue with that project to completion. I was disappointed in myself, and looking for a new project to kick off the new year.

#Project365 is a photo a day project, no explanation required, just a single photo out of every day of 2014 that you select and upload with the hashtag #Project365. I've already uploaded my 01.01.14 image: