16/11/2010 - Day 129

Mr B scraped the ice from my windscreen this morning..........well some of it!

15/11/2010 - Day 128

Flowers from a friend

14/11/2010 - Day 127

Cake!

13/11/2010 - Day 126

We went to Nottingham Contemporarys 1st Birthday celebration.  Alfie had loads of fun.  Alfie had a dragon painted on his face. We then had our photo taken in the giant photo booth.  After that Alf helped decorate a big teddy.  He wrote down a wish that was hung in the teddy.  The Zebras came to visit, and then it was time for an ice cream soda float.

12/11/2010 - Day 125

A stroll down by the canal

11/11/2010 -Day 124

Mamma's got a squeezebox.....well actually Rich has, and I don't keep him up all night as I'm still trying to work out how to use it

10/11/2010 - Day 123

Late autumn and our garden is looking rather sad

09/11/2010 - Day 122

Another pattern in nature!

08/11/2010 - Day 121

A rainy day at college.  Not bad for my phone camera.

07/11/2010 - Day 120

Patterns in nature....the new assignment!

06/11/2010 - Day 119

Happy Birthday Jack!

05/11/2010 - Day 118

Remember, remember............actually, what are we remembering?  Is it just me that thinks Bonfire night has been brushed aside for Halloween now?  I have to admit we are guilty.  When I was young, I had never heard of 'trick or treat'.  It was a damp night, with a bonfire, and a few fireworks that never quite lived up to expectations!  But now we carve our pumpkins and get ready for the steady stream of children coming to our home, dressed in various costumes, all in the hope of receiving a treat.  And bonfire night?  Alfie had to resort to sitting on his stool, by our back door, watching the pretty colours of fireworks going off somewhere in the neighbourhood.........

04/11/2010 - Day 117

Today we said our goodbyes to Grandad.  It was a beautiful service, very personal, incoporating songs that reminded us of him.  I read a reading written by my brother Phil, and my Sister Elizabeth read a beautiful poem.  And yet life goes on, as this photo shows.  We said goodbye to the eldest member of our family, but here is our youngest member, who also happens to be Grandads namesake - Farran George.  Grandad loved children, and would have enjoyed our gathering, three generations of his children all in the same room.  Grandads memory will live on in each of us.

03/11/2010 - Day 116

Roses.  They always remind me of my Grandad.  As a little girl I would spend hours in his garden with him while he pruned and tidied his roses.  So it seemed only fitting to choose roses for his funeral, which will take place tomorrow.  My friend Lisa has made a beautiful arrangement, shown here.

02/11/2010 - Day 115

Our lawn is under this lot somewhere.  Would you believe that the only tree we have in our garden is a Weeping Willow, and that hasn't started to drop its leaves yet....

01/11/2010 - Day 114

The day after the night before!

31/10/2010 - Day 113

Trick or Treat?!

30/10/2010 - Day 112

I picked up my camera for the first time in two weeks today.  Normally you can't keep it out of my hands, but it just hasn't felt right since the time I received the call to say my Grandad had been rushed into hospital.  The only feeling I have at the moment is overwhelming sadness at my loss of a man that played such a huge part in my life, but I'm hoping, in time, that will fade, and my passion for life and photography will both return.  

This image is of the tree in my neighbours garden.  Its a tree I usually don't like as it is far to big and close to the house, and takes so much of our light, but this morning, with the beautiful blue sky and the sun shining on the golden leaves, I saw its beauty for the first time.

16/10/2010 - Day 111

Alfie rocking out with his 'electric' guitar!

15/10/2010 - Day 110

The old 'spread the beans around the plate and say I'm finished' trick here, perfected by Alfie!