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My year of flowers
One of my New Year’s resolutions was to always have fresh flowers in our house. I started it off with a bunch of scented stargazer lilies, they where followed by a dreamy vase of purple lisianthus (who...
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Silver linings
Here is a really random spot of loveliness, Berndnaut Smilde’s Nimbus collection. Dutch artist Smilde creates these indoor meteorological miracles using a smoke machine, moisture and some clever...
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Wonderland
Maureen Mitchell was an English teacher who’s love for fantasy and wild imaginings inspired many generations of scholars. Sadly, after a long battle with brain cancer, Maureen passed away in 2008. To...
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Collage Work
As a school girl I used to spend hours and hours cutting up old magazines and creating collages in my homework books. I loved transforming what would otherwise have been a boring and much hated part of...
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Chocolate Chip Cookies
In my quest to find the best chocolate chip cookie recipe ever, I found this delicious version on the Australian Cadbury website. It’s a really easy recipe with just the right amount of chewiness and...
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My Year Of Flowers (part 6)
Living on the foot of Table Mountain is such a blessing (except for when the South Easter blows through our little house and drives me insane). As you may know, Table Mountain is covered in its own...
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Double exposure loveliness
When I was studying photography at Tech (back in the olden days) we where taught how to do double exposures using film. It was/is a simple technique involving taking two under exposed photos in one...
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Flying Houses
Is that a flying house? Yes! Isn’t it fantastic? French photographer Laurent Chehere has travelled the world putting together his flying houses series. He has taken photos in far away lands including...
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Out of action
Apologies for falling off the radar entirely – seems that a platoon of nasty germs have set up camp in my sinuses and have managed to convert most of my head (brain included) into snot! Seriously…...
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Your Pet and You
Do you have a pet (or two)? We do, Stripes is her name and she is the world’s best cat. If you follow me on Instagram you will be very familiar with my feline companion, little business partner and...
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Memory Keepers
I am a sucker for typography and this morning I was inspired by this piece by Zachary Smith. It reminded me so much of our dear friends Desmond and Toni (from DNA Photography). This one is for you...
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Rebecca Groves Photography goes live
I am so lucky – I get to work on amazing projects with really exciting people. One of these inspiring peeps is my most recent Blog Makeover client Rebecca Groves. Rebecca is a super talented...
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Movember is around the corner
We are over half way though October and the month is rushing by. If you (or your nearest and dearest) are planning on growing your tash for the month of November, here are some pretty inspiring role...
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On my Christmas wish list: A pet sheep
Dear Father Christmas, if you can fit him on your sleigh, I would very much like a pet sheep. Much love xxx When I lived in the Lake District in the UK, the owner of the hotel I worked at also owned a...
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An evolutionary marvel – Dirds
Okay, you know how somethings on the interwebs just make you chuckle and you have to share them, well these Dirds did it for me. They livened up my Wednesday completely! I hope they put a smile on your...
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Test driving my new lens
In the hope of improving my photographic skills I recently purchased a new lens for my camera – a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II. This is a very basic lens and is often referred to as the “Thrifty Fifty” (it’s...
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Incomplete Dictionary of Show Birds
Being a huge bird fan – I love British photographer Luke Stephenson’s “Incomplete Dictionary of Show Birds”. Having said that I am opposed to the keeping of caged birds and sadly most of the birds...
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New haircuts
A visit to the hairdressers always inspires me – a morning of pampering mixed in with pots of tea and red velvet cupcakes is good for the soul (yes, my hairdresser spoils all her clients with the...
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Water Babes
As a kid, did you ever dive to the bottom of the pool and just lay there for a couple of seconds, quietly listening to the weird distorted world above you? I remember wishing I was a mermaid –...
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Magical Moments
I recently stumbled upon the work of Ukraine based art photographer Oleg Oprisco and I am in love. Oleg is a genius – not only does he source, style and shoot all the pics single handedly (what a...
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