Day 105: Blossoms and Books

“The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most.”
― John Ruskin

Sun, blue skies, blossoms and water bottles – what more could a Photographer want? (Other than the new Sony A7 that they’re working on a price for right now!!) Wishful thinking aside however, I love this time of year where everything is so vibrant, with or without the sunshine.

I spent a bit of time browsing the ‘Reader’ on WordPress, something that I don’t do nearly enough. So here are a few things that I stumbled across during my browse… Over here, is a fantastic photo blog inspired by a word a week. Sue picks a word each week from the dictionary, and photographs accordingly. To make it even more interesting, she is traveling Africa and so there are some fascinating things to see. Sheila has posted a gorgeous photo of a tulip here, which is beautifully simple – yet lovely and Photography aside, I really enjoyed reading Jamie’s post about growing up in a library. It was nice to stop and read for a while – I’ll be doing that on WordPress more often!

I also wanted to do a brief call out for anyone looking at swapping books, or just needing some new reading material. I have a considerable pile of books that have all been read, and I no longer need! I’d also like to increase the pile of ‘To Read’ books without spending too much money. I’ll post a list shortly but you can mostly see what I’ve got to swap by checking out the Goodreads app on the front page of the blog. Anything I’ve recently read, goes there.

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Day 104: Warmth

“I’m trying to remember how you tell the time by looking at the sun.”

“I should leave it for a while, it’s too bright to see the numbers at the moment.”
― Terry Pratchett

Once again, we have been incredibly lucky with the weather and so headed to the meadow for a comparison to how it was a few weeks ago when everywhere was flooded. It was still spongy in places, but the difference was amazing. The new lakes and rivers that had formed have mostly disappeared.

We decided to try and teach Buddy a bit more swimming, the weather was warm enough for it and he seemed more grown up and brave compared to last year. Not only did he swim, but he also followed William out across the lakes on random bits of precariously balanced tree trunks.

He needed a little coaxing to do so though! But once there, he managed even to turn himself around and walk back again! Towards the end though, it was safer for him to jump off into the lake which was also a new experience and one he didn’t seem to mind (too much!)

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