This is my personal project and one that is very close to my heart: Photographing one whole day in my life, it began a few years ago on Monday Jan 1, 2018 when I did 1 day a week switching days each week which I did for two years and then for year three I only did them for each full moon and changed the format of them. Now I'm in my fourth year of doing this project, I began with the intention of doing them weekly but that hasn't been happening so I'm doing them whenever it feels right up until I reach Week 52 but still focusing on our weekends or when we are all together and have returned to my original way of doing them which is choosing 25 images for the day. Hope you enjoy following along!
Post 48 Project 4
As soon as we arrived at Charmouth and I saw the sea, I was transported to a place of calm, it looked absolutely blissful. After a quick bathroom break and a little stop at the shop for some drinks we headed to our spot at the beach on the other side of the landslip. It was a gorgeous sunny day but the wind was cold so it was an afternoon of being really hot and then needing to cover up with a sweater every 15 minutes.
Post 47 Project 4
We ended up having such a great day at the beach even if the tides weren’t in our favour. I knew they weren’t but really wanted to go anyway as I had just been missing it so much! It was also a bit crowded but that’s to be expected on one of the first warm sunny Saturdays we’ve had in a while!
Post 46 Project 4
8 years ago today you, Nixie, changed my life in the most incredible ways. I really cannot believe that you, who were once my little baby who we used to hold in our hands and who used to only be able to sleep if you were on me, is now an 8 year old girl.
Post 45 Project 4
Then you, Nixie told us you weren't feeling well and had a sore throat and tummy ache. I made you a honey lemon tea and then ended up giving you some Calpol which I haven't had to do in a long time. All you wanted to do was snuggle.
Post 44 Project 4
At 9:35 we got a call from Tina, our solicitors assistant at Mathews and Mathews that we have from a legal standpoint officially completed and that we now own a house! I couldn't believe it, it made me really unexpectedly emotional! I never thought I'd be one to say I own a house! It feels really surreal.
Post 43 Project 4
A gorgeous day of bike riding and fossil hunting at a spot I've been wanting to go to for months and months: Tidmoor Point.
Post 42 Project 4
What an incredible day we had! A morning of bike riding then an afternoon of shark teeth hunting and an evening of sunsets, moon rises and pizza!
Post 41 Project 4
We finally arrived at the stones around 9:15 (so we didn’t have that much time until it was time to leave again) It was such a crazy and different Stonehenge experience this year but even though it did not go to plan we all ended up having the best of times. We ran into some more of our friends which made it all even more special.
Week 40 year 4
It felt so good to be outside in the winter air, there’s something about doing this walk to our tree on the solstice that makes it almost feel like a sacred pilgrimage. Well it is for me. I always use this time to reflect on the past year, acknowledging the good and the bad, and paying special attention to the things I want to let go of.
Week 39 Year 4
Nixie you really made me and daddy laugh when daddy had told you to be aware that some of the ice might not be strong enough to hold you and it may be deep water underneath and you immediately dropped to your belly and said to us "I'm spreading myself wide so the ice doesn't break, just like I learned from Bear Grylls, he had to cross a lake once and had to do the same." We were super impressed that you remembered that! We spent ages at this little spot of ice. I was beginning to get really cold but the two of you seemed to be nowhere near ready to move on even though at this point both of you had soaking wet feet.
Week 38 Year 4
When we got home it was time to bring down the decorations and start putting them on our Love Tree. It really felt like going down memory lane as we grabbed different hearts to put on the tree. I remember some of them were made when you, Nixie, were just 1 and we still lived in London!
Week 37 Year 4
We continued exploring the grounds and stopped along the way to take photos. I love how both of you now request to have photos taken. Eventually we made our way back down to the entrance and you showed your answers to the quiz and received your special tokens which you, Nixie, told me you were going to keep forever.