We are having some internet difficulties at 74 Lime Lane this weekend so I’m afraid there will be no Sunday Zest column today. Apologies.
However, we hope to be back brighter and better tomorrow and kick off the week with some new features and a new look. So there may be some housekeeping happening tomorrow, too.
Enjoy your Sunday.
The lovely Piper has tagged me to shared seven random things about myself. So here it goes:
1. I’m an only child. Coincidentally enough, so is Piper. {so i cheated here and stole one of hers to kick things off}.
2. I can play and read music. In fact I play/ed the saxophone. I still have them {yes, two} but rarely play any more. Lack of time more than anything is the reason, although shocking morning sickness for the entirety of both pregnancies put paid to it as well. My children are in the beginning stages of learning piano. At this moment they don’t have much of a choice but they are happy to go along and I am hoping they will continue on with it. We think it is such a great skill to have.
3. I hate spiders, actually bugs in general. Can’t stand any creepy-crawlies. Ugh.
4. That’s my natural hair colour.
5. One of my favourite TV shows is Will & Grace. I can watch it again and again and never tire of it. I have the entire series on DVD and still watch it when it comes on TV.
6. I cry at anything. Happy or sad, I turn into a blubbering mess. And I’m quite known for it. When I was pregnant I cried at the Kleenex ads, with puppies, and the ducks. My husband made me watch Marley & Me, I was still bawling 20 minutes after it ended. Missing child returned to happy parents on the news ~ I’m tearing up.
7. I come across as quite organised but am actually one of the messiest people I know, particularly when it comes to paperwork. I still have to do last year’s taxes. My friends are often shocked and dismayed when they discover this.
[and #8, it's really quite hard to come up with seven random facts about yourself.]
I shan’t tag anyone but if you would like to play along feel free to leave a note and a link in the comments below and I’ll swing by for a cuppa and get to know a little more about you, too!
This week’s Friday Freebie is inspired by that little event coming up ~ Valentine’s Day {or as it is also known “I don’t need a special day to tell you I love you”}.
Either way, here’s a card for it. Inspired by the Keep Calm and Carry On posters of WWII. {I thought this would have been done but I couldn’t find it anywhere}
Get the pdf {which features two copies of each card each on an A4 page} here.
{be sure to check out these lovely and talented photographers}
1. 365:16, 2. collected, 3. Dance, 4. blissfully relaxed, and slowly catching up, 5. lonely heart, 6. ~Sea Green~, 7. collecting thoughts, 8. SOUVENIR FOTO SCHOOL::SOFT, 9. More love!!, 10. new, 11. HOPE, 12. Birch-keh, 13. Chapter V……Courtship Flights, 14. tulsa sky, 15. xo, 16. manhattan bridge, 17. Paper Scraps, 18. Untitled, 19. :: filling it up ::, 20. IMGP2701sm, 21. Untitled, 22. Blues & Reds, 23. we have forgotten, how it used to be., 24. Whisper in the Wind, 25. 166/365, 26. brownie. inedible., 27. No.350, 28. soft love, 29. Old memories are like old memories, 30. never ending polas, 31. Hello Weekend!, 32. on my way, 33. souvenir :: portfolio 2., 34. dancing with light, 35. make something, 36. .
I know I haven’t actually shared my new year’s goals or resolutions yet. That would be because #1 ~ organisation ~ is not going so well yet! Yipes.
Anyhow, I am gearing up to some housekeeping around Lime Lane so this week I’m still posting rather sporadically. And thinking about today {always known as creative space day even though it’s in hiatus} I have concentrated on creativity and inspiration.
The humdrum and busyness of life has sapped my photo-mojo this week and my grand plans {or goals or resolutions} of taking the time to take lovely photographs ~ particularly for the 365 project. Not slap-dash snap ones with no thought whatsover. It’s not even the end of January and I have #failed on that. {i’ll stick with blaming the lack of #1}.
So I turn to flickr, and my flickr favourites, and I scout around and add a few more, and I can feel that mojo coming back. {if the mojo could also bring some more hours in the day that would be fab!}
But here they are, a current crop of flickr faves and few old favourites thrown in. I can see some themes developing. It’s funny how your vision changes ~ looking back through my favourites, the style and colour changes as I click through the pages. It was quite eye-opening. And thankfully, ideas-inducing.
May you have a happy and creative Thursday.
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true …
Happy “hump” day.
Hello! I'm Kellie and here I collect inspiration ~ beautiful photos, words on creativity, lovely printables and handmade items. I love autumn, cameras, and of course, the colour lime.
