tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10270006108945566692023-09-12T16:21:58.458+01:00Swirly GirlSwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.comBlogger235125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-11819729479928552752017-04-11T15:24:00.001+01:002017-04-11T15:24:12.257+01:00Fun and nonsense<div style="text-align: center;">
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SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-59206660613248571222017-04-10T19:21:00.000+01:002017-04-10T19:21:00.725+01:00A touch of silly<br />
A quick silly collage, trying to get back into creating something every day.<br />
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<br />SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-60699785675929499672016-10-04T11:06:00.000+01:002016-10-04T11:06:49.457+01:00Realistic shopping expectationsSo, the anticpated quick "pop to the shops for milk and cat food" last week didn't turn out quite that way. Without checking my shopping receipts, I think I paid the local Sainsburys a further 3 visits last week and nearly all for "legitimate items". So, prepared with a more realistic food budget for this week, I went shopping yesterday, the bill came to approx £110, but we are covered with lunches and evening meals for 3 adults this week, which also includes the cat food (but not dog food, as I buy their food on-line). I've meal planned again this week but have lost the list!<br />
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Last month I took part in Zero Waste Week, which is an annual challenge and this year the focus was on food waste. To start the week off we were asked to check out salad in the fridge, using up any salad lurking around the salad drawer instead of putting it in the bin. Then we moved onto bread and other food items as the week progressed. I've been keeping up the good work, all the vegetable peelings, egg shells, kitchen roll, toilet rolls have gone straight into the bucket to take down to the allotment to be composted. Any other rubbish has been mostly stuff like crisp packets, chocolate bar wrappers etc. I've been like the Bin Police, constantly checking what is being put in the kichen bin and taking it out if it can be re-cycled or burned. Even the food wasted by the cat is given to the dogs to polish off. As a result, only 1 bag of rubbish has gone into the grey bin for collection this week, I am so proud of this, as usually we generate about 3.<br />
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<b><em></em></b></span>SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-62399396553585707092016-09-25T12:50:00.000+01:002016-09-25T12:50:42.827+01:00Back to the budget and meal planningIt's time to get back to budgeting and meal planning, this has been a very expensive year what with one thing and another and I've noticed how I have let things slip around food and so the food bills have been rising. It's not easy managing different dietary requirements for each family member, one is gluten free and a meat eater, the other is wheat intolerant and pescatarian. Now my daughter has ditched the meat (yay!) meal planning is easier for the two of us and as for the other half, he cooks for himself as he doesn't eat the same food as me.<br />
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So, this morning I took my shopping list, went into Aldi, bought only what I needed and the bill came to £10.13. I then nipped into Sainsburys to get the things I couldn't get in Aldi and the bill was £10.65.<br />
<br />I know I will need to pay another visit to the supermarket at some point this week as I will need to get milk and cat food. I bought a couple of packs of cat food from Aldi, not the cat's usual brand, however, if he eats it, I will be back to get some more!<br />
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Vegetarian roast dinner<br />
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Spaghetti bolognese (either vegetarian or vegan)<br />
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Vegetable curry with a chana allo side<br />
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Chilli con carne (vegetarian)<br />
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Sweet & Sour Quorn (vegetarian)<br />
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Lunches for myself and my daughter are covered this week, my daughter always has left overs from tea for her lunch and I will have either salads or home-made soup.<br />
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By meal planning and sticking to a budget, I hope to reduce the food bills enough this month so I can re-direct the money into savings.<br />
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<br />SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-782679734360942952016-08-13T20:42:00.000+01:002016-08-13T20:43:02.855+01:00August Break 2016 Days 5 & 6A bit behind with the August Break...never mind..........<br />
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<br />SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-65927333003091317542016-08-04T22:13:00.000+01:002016-08-04T22:13:31.719+01:00August Break 2016 Days 3 & 4Day 3: Handwriting:<br />
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Day 4: Sweetness:<br />
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<br />SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-3818409656810763382016-08-02T14:46:00.000+01:002016-08-02T14:46:34.924+01:00August Break 2016 Day 2Today's prompt: Leaf<br />
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Out on my dog walk today I was drawn to the decay and discolouration of the dock leaves and weeds.<br />
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It's also Jasper's birthday today (on the left of the picture) and here is with his sidekick Runa, they are sat patiently waiting for their treats. <br />
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<br />SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-57038880920161279652016-08-01T20:08:00.000+01:002016-08-01T20:08:34.897+01:00August Break 2016<br />
The August Break is a community project that has no real rules — <strong>the idea is to simply take a photograph every day for the whole of August.</strong> <em>That’s it.</em>
Pause, look around you and shoot what you see. Live inside each moment.
Pay attention to what’s there. If it’s the summer where you are it’s a
lovely way to be present to the moments that will be gone before you
know it. If it’s the winter, what better way to liven up your day than
with a creative project to play with? :-)<br />
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The prompt for Day 1 is Morning Light - I captured the morning light hitting the fruit bowl<br />
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SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-8624240703223101372016-07-22T11:39:00.000+01:002016-07-22T11:39:05.187+01:00A walk amongst the flowers<br />
It's been a long time since I have visited my own blog, 5 months to be precise when the 29 faces challenge ended in February. That feels a long time ago, and time marches on, until I find myself in the last few days of July.<br />
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It's a lovely sunny day today and I've just been out in the garden so I thought I would share a few pictures of some of the flowers I am enjoying: <br />
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Out and about in the wider world I came across these flowers in one of the flower beds at Edgehill University, I'm not sure what they are, I will have to do a bit of detective work. I really like the shadow play at work here.<br />
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I then had a play in PicMonkey, gave the image a colour boost and applied a water filter. I was quite pleased with the result as the water filter picked out the concrete border and created a lovely colour and texture.<br />
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Whilst on the subject of flowers, I took a lovely photo of the harebells yesterday evening as I walked the dogs in the sand dunes whilst it was cool:<br />
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Did you know that in folklore, harebells are also sometimes called The Devils Bell
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">"O bells, on stems
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SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-24030835643131697072016-02-29T15:35:00.000+00:002016-02-29T15:35:27.699+00:0029 Faces - Day 29Well, here I find myself, the last day of the 29 faces challenge. Today I experimented in digital art using a free app called Harmony - Mr.doob - find it here<a href="http://mrdoob.com/projects/harmony/#sketchy"> http://mrdoob.com/projects/harmony/#sketchy</a>.<br />
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I also created a collage of some, not all of the faces I've made this month:<br />
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There has been alot of Quentin Blake sketches and faces drawn in the style of Quentin Blake, which I have enjoyed creating. I have really enjoyed the challenge this year, it has got me drawing/sketching/painting and at times has been quite therapeutic. It has also supported me in my word/phrase of the year "creative nourishment". My original word was "harmony" but as I progressed with the challenge, creative nourishment seemed to fit so much better.<br />
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Tomorrow I start something new which is being hosted by<a href="http://taraleaver.com/2016/02/express-it-month/"> Tara Leaver</a> called "Express It" month. Its an idea based on<strong> the idea of making art as a direct expression of emotion</strong>. It's not limited to painting either, it could be drawings, collage, clay work, music, photography, dance, poetry, sewing.....whatever your creative action of choice. I'm looking foward to it and what emerges from it.<br />
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<br /><cite class="_Rm"></cite>SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-70390758846209175772016-02-28T12:38:00.000+00:002016-02-28T21:39:14.482+00:0029 Faces - Day 28Another Quentin Blake sketch, this was lovely to draw and paint in water colour, for a brief moment it brough the warmth of summer into a cold February day! :o)<br />
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DON’T FEED THE SEAGULLS<br />
Says the sign along the quay<br />
DON’T FEED THE SEAGULLS<br />
They seem to do alright to me<br />
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I wonder if their brain freezes<br />
When they swoop for my ice-cream<br />
I know that they get brain freeze<br />
In my silly little dream<br />
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DON’T FEED THE SEAGULLS<br />
It’s a beachside obsession<br />
Especially not that fat one<br />
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Poem by <span class="nocolor cats_dot"><a href="http://allpoetry.com/poem/about/humor">humor</a></span><span class="author_copyright"> © Steve Savage 2009 </span></div>
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<br />SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-70381550702896005252016-02-27T14:05:00.000+00:002016-02-27T14:05:53.107+00:0029 Faces - Day 27Today's face is my daughter's father, he's 50 years old today, so I felt another Quentin Blake face coming on. Apparently I got his eyes right but didn't make his face chubby enough! Although we parted company many years ago, it felt sort of right to mark his special day in some way.<br />
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<br />SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-60731992719233552822016-02-26T20:45:00.000+00:002016-02-26T20:45:23.765+00:0029 Faces - Day 26<br />
The light was bad when I took a picture of this sketch, it's Maggie Smith in her role as <span class="_Tgc">Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey. </span><br />
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<br />SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-33490844793333510152016-02-25T12:08:00.000+00:002016-02-26T12:14:10.130+00:0029 Faces Days 20 - 25<br />
Playing catch up<i> again</i> this week!<br />
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I found this image on Pinterest and was struck by the serene face of the woman holding the hare.<br />
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Another Matisse inspired face!<br />
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Back to the Quentin Blake illustrations, I just love the simplicity and space in these.<br />
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<br />SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-72526056433784952862016-02-19T15:57:00.002+00:002016-02-19T21:12:53.876+00:0029 Faces Days 15 - 19<br />
This week's faces:<br />
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<br />SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-25990884524255952532016-02-13T11:24:00.000+00:002016-02-13T11:24:10.180+00:0029 Faces Day 6 - 10<br />
I'm a bit behind with my faces but here are days 6 - 10.<br />
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<br />SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-23815782833753963282016-02-05T13:23:00.000+00:002016-02-05T13:23:31.342+00:0029 Faces Days 1 - 5<br />
I've been drawing faces as part of the <a href="http://29faces.blogspot.co.uk/p/feb-2016.html">29 faces</a> in February challenge. I started with a few fun faces by Quentin Blake:<br />
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I then decided to see if I could draw Simon Mayo, a Radio 2 presenter of the drive time show, in the style of Quentin Blake, it's not a bad attempt but I couldn't quite fix the hairline on the left hand side of his face<br />
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Day 5 and I came across a lovely picture of a girl with a serene expression and beautiful flowers in her hair and the quote by Matisse seemed very appropriate.<br />
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<br />SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-66988617583518491592016-01-31T20:28:00.000+00:002016-01-31T20:28:04.888+00:00Don't give up yet"Don't give up yet"......these are the words spoken by a remarkable woman who has no fingers and taught herself to knit.<br />
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Click on the link below to watch the video:<br />
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<br />SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-19133495249559608142015-11-02T00:19:00.001+00:002015-11-02T00:19:10.755+00:00HecateAs I flicked the page of my Witches' calendar over to November this morning, I was eager to read about this month, it said " there is just something about the month of November. It is more personal, inrtrospective, and in some ways quietly creepy and mystical. November brings chilly, misty mornings with a rim of frost on leaves and windows. Winter is coming, and the gardens are soon to be put to bed. Now more than ever, the Crone aspect of the Goddess seems to be everywhere as you look across the frosty and foggy landscape. This magickal time of the year has always felt like the season of Hecate to me. As a triple goddess, Hecate is typically represented in ancient art in triplicate form, all three-way crossroads were sacred to her. The classic symbols associated with Hecate are the crossroads, graveyards, a lit torch, iron keys and black dogs."<br />
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This November 1st was certainly a misty day with plenty of foggy landscapes:<br />
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I spent a little time selecting images from Pinterest representing Hecate to help connect and work with her as the wheel of the year rolls towards the season of winter.<br />
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The Goddess Hecate is also known as the liberator of women, as she sets
women free from the bonds created by man. That is why the Christian
Church put Hecate down and created her as the Goddess of evil and
destruction. During Medieval times, pagans were being tortured based
on their belief in the Goddess. Patriarchy reigned and the fear of
feminine power caused the Church to demonize Hecate. She was made
infamous as the crone; old, wrinkled, ugly, warts protruding from her
nose and chin, mysterious, dark and loathsome. Not only was this Goddesss demonized, but Priests and ministers used biblical warnings about witches to back up their beliefs against witchcraft and sorcery. <br />
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It is sad to read that even in today's society in African countries like the Gambia and the Congo, witch hunts continue
to this day, with children singled out for persecution in some cases.<br />
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A couple of months ago I came across a link to a you tube film about the healing power of the whispering witches in Poland, which is fascinating:<br />
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<br />SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-86285143565858963082015-05-22T23:52:00.000+01:002015-05-22T23:52:26.922+01:00Envelope Art<br />
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Inspired by an illustration on Pinterest, I thought I would have a go at a little bit of envelope art.<br />
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I'm not great at drawing figures but I enjoyed doing this, it has a Secret Seven feel about it which makes me smile.<br />
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I found a few more examples of envelope art:<br />
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Wouldn't it be nice if all our post arrived in such beautiful illustrated envelopes?<br />
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<br />SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-54589750079085197512015-04-22T21:02:00.000+01:002015-04-22T21:02:14.893+01:00April Love 2015I've been participating in a programme this month run by Susannah Conway called<a href="http://www.susannahconway.com/april-love-2015/"> April Love</a>.<br />
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The theme of the challenge, is LOVE —
love for ourselves, our lives, the world around us. LOVE expressed in
gratitude and kindness.<br />
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If you’re ready to infuse a little more love into your life there are two ways you can play:<br />
<strong>PART ONE: the Photo Challenge</strong><br />
The first part of April LOVE is the photo challenge, the prompts are an invitation to take a photo every day in April. You
can use any camera. You could shoot every day or every other day or
just on weekends. You can share your photos or just enjoy taking them
without sharing. You can start and not finish. You can join in at the
end.<br />
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<strong>PART TWO: the Daily Emails</strong><br />
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<strong> </strong>28 luminous
women and one luminous man to share their tales of what self love/self
care means to them personally and how they practice it in their own
lives.<strong> </strong>These emails are a bit of extra inspiration for us to enjoy and
ponder alongside the photo-taking.<br />
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Here are a few of the photo prompts I have taken so far:<br />
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Day 15: Yellow<br />
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Day 17 - A Life-Changing Book <br />
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Day 22 - Spring/Autumn <br />
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<br /><strong></strong>SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-21086011727555910882015-04-20T18:22:00.000+01:002015-04-20T18:22:18.863+01:00Magnolia<br />
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SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-4458367425471421182014-09-11T22:35:00.000+01:002014-09-11T22:35:51.842+01:0021 FREE Creativity tips and art ideasAmelia Critchlow over at <a href="http://101birdtales.blogspot.co.uk/">experimental art</a> has very kindly put together a 21 day free creativity tips and art ideas programme to inspire and get the creative juices flowing. Here are my contributions so far:<br />
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Day 1 - collect 10 things which inspire you visually:<br />
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Day 2 - go on a photo walk:<br />
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Day 3 - alter a map:<br />
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In my map alteration, I photocopied part of an Ordnance Survey map of North Skye and traced around my foot, cut it out and hand stitched a trail walk I did whilst on holiday, I also added in the hand stitched heart to represent my love for this beautiful part of the world.<br />
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Whilst on a late afternoon walk down on the beach, I took this photograph of my daughter and one of our dogs (Jasper), I really like the soft light and the joyful connection captured between the two of them:<br />
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<br />SwirlyGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814205772121911641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1027000610894556669.post-83711391278525928882014-08-12T20:55:00.002+01:002014-08-12T20:55:48.164+01:00August Break Day 12 On The Table<br />
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