Linaloo

Little things

    
 
"Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things" - Antonio Smith.

Feeling in a reflective mood here as the pool closes for summer this weekend and school starts on Monday. As I get older I realise more and more that its the simple things that make me happy and keep me grounded when life gets overwhelming.  It's for that reason that I have grown to love my macro lens so much, it's a chance to slow down and step back from the busyness of day to day living and remember that its the small, real details of life that count.

Have a happy weekend!

 

Summer holiday blues

Hello.  No prizes for guessing where we've been lately.  I'd like to share some photos of our wonderful trip back home, but quite frankly I took a bazillion and the task of sorting through them is just too overwhelming, I'm back to work,  the children start school next week, we have an end of season soccer party to organize for the weekend and the youngest member of the family turned six yesterday.

We had a fabulous time and I'm definitely suffering from post holiday blues and jetlag - still waking at 4:30am. 

A reminder of some of the things we loved and missed about England. 

Stately homes
Legoland
Royal castles
Clotted cream
Hedgerows
Monsoon
Accessorize
Hobbs
Hob knobs
Marks and Spencers
Warm beer
Wagamamas
Stone walls
Driving on the left hand side
Roundabouts
Radio One
Flake 99s
Beach huts
Cats eyes

And of course, most of all our lovely family and friends who made the trip so special. Thank you!

Camping

This weekend we enjoyed a rather last minute camping trip by the lake with friends. Unlike our last trip, the weather was dry and the mosquitoes were far less prevalent.  Yay!  We came home thoroughly filthy, exhausted and happy.   I am not a hard core camper by any means, two or three nights at most is just about enjoyable for me, any more is just too much like hard work if I'm perfectly honest.  This year we hadn't planned to go at all but the children were quite insistent...

I'm glad they persuaded us.