Weekend wanderlust - It feels like we have broken the back of the Winter , what better pastime than to walk along a deserted beach.

 "David; (I foolishly said once ) you never take photos of me "!

 Here is the rectifying of the situation ..... Still- it's always good to see a Beachcomber in action

 ...you never know what you may stumble across on an Albanian beach !

A beautiful Saturday strolling on the beach - the sea is the Adriatic , and the place was relatively deserted 

The emerging of something incredible..x

This blog hopefully speaks for itself .

I wanted to give a visual progression of my beloved amaryllis ; I started the process after Christmas and  photographed it at every stage , there should be some editing but to capture it all- the anticipation and then the full beauty made it impossible to omit any print -  

Hope you liked this enough to tell me !!!! Love in February - the month of love x

Starting the new year with a review!

We have just returned from the U.K , where we spent New Year and celebrated a Big Birthday
SO cool  to see everyone and to do the things we love - walking and shopping! and .....seeing everyone!!!! ....

New year's day was spent walking near Lichfield ; the day was magnificent in colour and  light 

This was the Birthday breakfast treat and we polished it off with joy ..

 "The Man who turned 40' being given assistance to open his presents !!!!!

The family, great at organising the wonderful day- walking and pub lunch...

An additional part of the celebrations occured when this couple announced an engagement !!! yes James and Joanna are to be married ...x


At the start of the New year I need to devote time to studies , and so by declaring this I hold myself accountable !!!!!

Transitions / Perceptions /Beauty and the world around me ...

Last night I awoke with the thought that Autumn / Winter has truly wrapped me in her embrace ;

As this is the reality , I wanted to share the transition with you in this visual blog ; hence the first part of the title being- Transition. My first two pictures capture this for me. The fragility of time shown so beautifully in this tender bloom , I was amazed  at how well the shot came out , I love the colour and detail.....the picture of the butter  churns may not be so obvious ; but I love the old antiques and am glad they are back in Vogue ; what goes around comes around  . Even as we move on we can take our treasures with us...

Perceptions and they way people in the Balkans process the world around them is a challenge to understand . What I am trying to get across by showing these pictures may help in this quest to fathom ! Their sculptures / statues / art work and graffiti are stuck in time but amazingly still speak volumes , if the rest of Europe took time to explore ..

   

I love the crazy mixed up way that life unfolds for males and females !!!

The world around me captured here; on the mountain in Southern Albania , looking out towards Corfu we stopped to watch these Hang-gliders , taking a break ...

Then down by the beach - wonderful colour !!!!

                  The world changed and grew a little bigger , with the arrival of Asher Stanley

                   Above are some random shots of - The Artist at work  and in her environment !!!

Hope you like the images of what I observed when on a trip to Arundel , the day was so beautiful and the colours so vibrant .

Transition completed with a lovely picture of a new hand reaching out to a not so new hand !!!  and as Autumn / Winter embraced me , I can now embrace it , Have a colourful transition thru your own Autumn/Winter . Write and let me know how it has affected your transition / perceptions / beauty and awareness of the world around you ????