Scavenger Hunt Sunday 27.05.12

This week's hunt is a little different for me. I didn't have the time or feel the inspiration to use my DSLR so I thought I'd take some quick Instagram pictures. Then I decided I'd add a little quote relevant to each photo. So here we go!

Beneath Your Feet

Got to love the feeling of sand and stones beneath your feet on the beach.

Capturing Movement

This is the glitter moving in a water globe of New York City. I bought it at Serendipity restaurant and it has the famous frozen hot chocolate on the roof.

Texture

Love the texture of this old bear.

Face Your Fears

Go on! Eat that apple!! This is a famous image of Adam and Eve on a bookmark of mine.

Currently

 Currently making the most of the gorgeous weather and going on long walks with my favourite boy!

Heathfield Agricultural Show - Vintage Tractors

Yesterday, we went to the Heathfield Agricultural Show, one of the largest agricultural shows in the south east of England. There are horse, cattle, sheep and pig classes as well as lots of craft and country stalls.

It was a HOT day so we didn't stay too long. The ice cream vans had a captured market and a Mr Whippy with flake is now £2.20!! Whatever happened to the 99p?? Guess that's inflation for you!

On entering the showground, we were met with this ginormous steam tractor which was pumping away. It smelt amazing, that steam smell that makes you think of "The Railway Children".

There were rows and rows of shiny vintage tractors:

My mum fancied taking this one home . . .

There were some stunning vintage cars too:

I think I'd rather take one of the cars home! My next post will focus on the show animals!

Scavenger Hunt Sunday 15.04.12

It's been a while since I've linked up to a Scavenger Hunt. Since I'm not doing project 365 this year, I have found my blog posts are a lot fewer and far between so I am intending to get back into the swing of things with some link ups!

Simple: A simple white bunny decoration for Easter. He's chilling on my Laura Ashley bedspread here!

Grain: Whole grain guaranteed shredded wheat!

Transportation: The keys to my Fiat Panda. I bought the keyring from San Diego zoo when I was about 11. Years later I found it clearing out and thought it was very appropriate for my first car!

Stitch: Stitching on a Gisela Graham basket which I use to keep stationary items in, on my desk.

Bubbles: Straight from the washing up bowl, nothing too fancy for this prompt I'm afraid.

Hope everyone's having a great weekend!

Model Boats

A great uncle of mine passed away recently. He was a collector and builder of model boats and he left two to our family. Here are a few photos of one of the models of a Dutch boat.

I love the tiny little rubber ring, so cute! The attention to detail is amazing - note the hand rail and door handle. Its's difficult to see the size in these photos but these are tiny, tiny details.

 Crew member in orange suit, with the bridge behind him.  Everything is hand-painted.

 Love the red bell! Since we live 15 minutes from the sea, this model goes quite well in our house.

Not sure what this translates as?

The name of the boat. 

The details of the real boat. The model scale is 1:40.












I love the intricate detail on this model. Everytime I walk past I have to stop and have another look. It reminds me of a doll's house with all the little objects that are so realistic. Hope everyone's having a good weekend!

IPod photos of baby boy

I've been using my Ipod Touch to snap photos a lot recently. I love Instagram and although the quality is rather poor compared to an IPhone or my DSLR, it's just so much more convenient than lugging a camera around.

Here are a few of my baby:

Mother's Day

 

London Baby

Missing London a lot at the moment, especially Tower Bridge, which was a 15 minute walk from my old house!!