Afternoon drinks

I met with some of my lovely friends this weekend and we went for drinks in' The Slug and Lettuce', a stroll around the Manchester Christmas markets and then out for a scrumptious meal and 'The Old Wellington' which I highly recommend.

I didn't take many photos, but I was particularly happy with this reflections snap shot I got early on in the afternoon!

Pom-pom

My beautiful kittens are growing fast. This is Pomme, she is the pretty little dainty one and is still really quite tiny. She isn't the most cuddly of cats as she's quite timid, so this is a rare shot of her sitting on Nathan's knee. However she is a little escape artist and even though she's only about 16 weeks old she's wanting outside all the time and has already ventured across the street!



Here's a photo with Squishy's 3 year old hand so you can get an idea of how little she still is!

She really is such a soft kitty - little ball of fur.

Halloween Fun

We had a little bonfire, fireworks and spooky halloween party over the weekend.

I was too busy running around scaring (aka entertaining) children and feeding people cakes and pumpkin soup that I never got to take many photos other than fun family snaps. So here's the best of a bad, but fun, bunch!

My Cauldron cake and spooky buns.

Fun activities for the children included apple bobbing, doughnut dangling, a skeleton treasure hunt and....

our Autumn leaves lucky dip, which was carefully guarded:

Silhouettes

Something a little bit different from our half term holiday this week.

I thought I'd make the most of my sister's large windows and have a go at silhouettes with the children. A little more difficult than anticipated but they were actually able to follow a little bit of direction and sit still enough for four or five shots each!

These last two are really partial silhouettes because you can see a lot more detail but that adds to the mood of the shot. I love how alike they look!

Woodland Walk

Just a few shots from my woodland walk around Barnard castle this week.

Barnard Castle

Various shots of Barnard castle from our walk through the woods and along the riverside this weekend. I wanted to get a few different angles. I must admit it is times like this where I'd love a *really* good wide angle lens!

The above is my attempt at recreating a very old image that I have on my wall that used to be one of my grandparent's. I'm not sure I was on the right place on the bridge but it's almost the same.


I've walked this same route so many times and in so many different ways since I was a young child that often I forget to look up and see just how impressive a view it is. The river Tees however never ceases to give that sense of peace and tranquility.

Rubbish!

I don't know why, but I have this desire to make pretty pictures from objects that most would not consider 'pretty'. I've been looking at our compost tub in the kitchen all week thinking about how much colour and texture there is, so I decided to take a few shots this morning. I would have spent more time on it but it is October and I live in Manchester and I started to get quite wet! The rain did make the ground look shiny though...

Obviously with these two photos I've done a little bit of post-editing, but mostly just a little change in saturation and contrast, not much more.