Castles and Bicycles…

This weekend was lovely, spent in part at the engagement party of a university friend (they had a Moroccan tent!), and in a park playing badminton and interrupting it with a picnic. Or the other way around – more picnic, less action.

One of the places we (and by we, I refer to by lovely boyfriend, often known as Bee, also a photoswapper) love to cycle to is Broughton Castle. It’s only 5 miles from our home, and while the first half of the ride is in town (and it’s where the horrid hills are), the latter half is stunning and nature is suddenly all around.

{Hello Mr Bee!}

I love our bikes! They really are my favourite mode of transport.
(and I’m being naughty – the photo of the sheep and bikes was taken with a film camera)

Thank you very much for letting me post, I hope you enjoyed reading from one of Rhianne’s friends as much as I enjoyed putting it together. And back to Miss Rhianne...

Alert: First time blogger (and she's a fan of digital photography)

Hi everyone, GeeGee here. This is my first guest blog post but I’ve been reading Rhianne’s blog for months now so I hope you forgive me for infiltrating her space.

As obsessed as Rhianne is with film photography, I’m similar with digital. We’ve (very) recently realised that opposites really must attract, as Rhianne has always admired precise design and one of the things she loves about her work is how accurate it must be, and yet she loves a medium that is so unpredictable.

On the other hand, I’m quite arty and messy yet I love the clarity and detail available with digital cameras, and since I bought my Panasonic Lumix camera a couple of years ago, it has been permanently attached to me.


The first photo is probably my favourite photograph I have ever taken, because it shows a little snippet of nature we can so rarely see in person: as the bee drinks from the flower. My own little Planet Earth moment!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Some amazing projects and links!

Thomas has dubbed today as Thursday/Friday... you have to say it really fast.
It really makes me laugh when he says it.
Anyway, we are going away to Berwick-Upon-Tweed* tomorrow, just the two of us (finally!) so today is indeed Thursday/Friday. I can't wait. I have cameras at the ready!

As I have a couple of guest posts lined up by one of my besties GeeGee (who you may have seen around leaving comments or taking part in the photoswap) I wanted to share some amazing things I've seen in the blog world lately today as I won't be here tomorrow.

Here's the idea in Lindsay's words: for each installation of the project, I'll give the contributors a single word or phrase. Each contributor will submit a single picture that best represents that word or phrase for them, and then we'll see what we come up with. My idea is just to see how differently different people see and interpret the same thing. I think that this will be a really fun project, and I hope that it will grow and evolve with time. I'm thinking of one per month for starters, just to see how it goes.

How exciting does this sound and apparently it was inspired in part by me and the photo swap, how cool is that? If you love my photo swap then you will love this, I do!

Next up is the Alphabet Walk Blog Hop, from Piper at One Sydney Road.

I saw this on Katrina's blog as she also has the bunting clip art featured on the image above available on Piper's blog - I am all over that one!

What the Alphabet Walk Blog Hop is in Piper's words: you’ll choose a letter of the alphabet, grab your walking shoes and camera, and find a spot where you want to take pictures of things that represent the letter you chose. (ex: “a” could be an apple or abstract or even the letter “a”).
then on your designated day, you’ll post the picture (or pictures if you want!) of your letter on your blog. then we’ll spend the week “hopping” around to see everyone’s interpretation of the alphabet! (click here to see what i did on my walk)

Another fun idea, I love it!

And here are some amazing links for this week:
  1. Totoro cupcakes - I want one, I love Totoro.
  2. Eadaoin's gorgeous wedding on Dandelion and Grey, hurray!
  4. A lego camera and amazing polaroids from Diana
    (or just check out her whole blog :D)

Look out for GeeGee's posts tomorrow and Monday and I will be back on Tuesday hopefully with more photos to share!

p.s. don't forget about Megan's amazing giveaway, I just realised I won't be here Monday (duh Rhianne) so the closing date is extended until Tuesday!