I think I have a bit of a thing for Wall-E!!

I have no shame! I openly play with the kids toys and my favourite by far is Wall-E. He is just so expressive. I have searched high & lo for an Eve. We have one but the boys lost the stand and the flaps on her front. Ebay - here I come!

Playing with light & shadows and cuteness overload!

I bought myself from fressias the other day. It comes to something when you buy yourself flowers for something different to photograph, lol! They were a lovely yellow but this really had more impact in B&W



The next day I took all the boys to the Wolsely nature reserve and we came across some "fresh out the egg" ducklings. The little fluff balls were just adorable and were attracting a lot of attention

All things heart

I have spent a bit of time over the last few days thinking of things that I could photograph that depicted hearts and heart shapes. I am hoping to get some printed and display them, alongside other works and the Children's "Art for Heart" exhibition/competition. I wish I could show some of my Wall-E work, I'm sure the kids would love it, but I know it's copyrighted.

My favourite! Guess it's because it combines 2 of my favourite things, photography & tea!





These next 2 shots I am thinking of doing again, 1 in pink, 1 in blue.





Minstrels. Couldn't re-shoot this as I kind of ate the prop, pmsl!











My least favourite. I am going to try it again and try and make sure I get the shaped bokeh the right way up, lol!

Beautiful sunset, 28th April

I got a macro shot of this ladybird resting, the sunset can be seen in it's wing.

Trip to Birmingham, 26th April

On Monday, my middle boy had an appointment at the Children's Hospital in the afternoon. In the end i decided to take all the boys and treat them to a morning at the sea life centre. With such poor lighting and having to use high ISO and slow shutter speeds, it's not surprising that none of these shots are very sharp.













After lunch in Brindley Place. I promise I was holding his reins!



A very proud Mummy moment!!

Chasewater

Yesterday we spent a good portion of the day at our allotment, which is a stones throw from the swag end of Chasewater. When it came to the little ones naps time, I plonked him in his pushcahir and we went for a wonder.

Continuing on the theme of lost things...



The main lake has had to be drained for vital repair work to the dam wall. I found this growing on what was the lake bed



Beautiful mummy to be, she has a clutch of 6 eggs in her nest. Fingers crossed the yobbo's don't trash her nest this year.



I had been told that there were red deer in the area, but had never seen them until yesterday.







Came across this sweet little one on the way back to the car

Early morning on the Chase - for a change!

As the little one had me up at 5.30am, I decided to get up and see what all the fuss is about early mornings. Yep, it was beautiful, yep, it was quiet, there was the added bonus of the fact that all my kids were still tucked up in bed. Apart from the sunrise, I didn't really see much in the way of wildlife but made some other interesting finds, including some lost things, lol!