Every time I think I have found all the photos that need sorting AND scanning I find more...aaargh. But this one tickled me as I'd forgotten just how large our side yard was in England. We were down at the bottom of the Close and had a much larger yard than many of the other houses. Nice, except when it was grass cutting time! Fortunately, not my job! lol
Some more layouts from March's challenges at The Lilypad. It hasn't been my best month with a lot of energy expended on my dh's health issues but that's why I love making pages. The creative energy balances out a lot or at least some of the heavy mood in our house. March has been better than last month though! I'll take any bit of sunshine that I can.
The first one here is for a List Challenge with the 5 categories assigned. Pretty easy especially with using an old freebie template from Designer Digitals.
Second layout comes from having to show someTHING we love. Not a person or a pet. I really do love my set of laundry appliances. Really.
Not quite caught up yet but I see light on the horizon. Back when it was still seriously winter weeks. Valentine's Day came and went with no fanfare. That's ok, but the various medical issues were a bummer. But two weeks done and one more snow fall. Almost the end of February!
Friday, I was reading a review of a new Netflix show. I still had a couple of episodes of "Secret City" to watch so I was just half interested while reading especially as the headline was that the two new shows reviewed 'try to hard at playing it cool'. One was Hulu's "Shrill" and since I don't use Hulu very often, I skipped right on to the Netflix show but "Shrill' still got a tentative favorable review.
The reviewer started his descriptor for "Turn Up Charlie" with these words..."Less can be said sadly, for Netflix's clunky "Turn Up Charlie", an eight episode British dramedy that starts Idris Elba - known for his work in "The Wire", "Luther" and your daydreams... Well I was sold right there! It's got Idris? There's a lot to be said for an evening of eye candy. I'm all in. hopefully tonight.
If you want the reviews yourself, here they are from the Washington Post.
Still working with just one page a week. Less than my normal two a week but more than 1 or 2 pages per month. I do plan to switch it up a bit but as long as I can get the gist of the week recored, I'm good.
We all are inclined to compare ourselves to others. I still do but often can catch myself when it starts. I don't recall where I found this but it's funny and so true.
See that church on the bottom left? I take that little bridge several times a week but never really had a chance to see the aerial views. See that dome in the center? I used to work there and in several other buildings nearby. Those modern-ish buildings to the left of the area after crossing the bridge are buildings of the USNA and all the trees you can see a little SE of the Naval Academy live on the campus of St. Johns College. They are ancient trees since St. Johns was founded in 1696. No I didn't make a mistake with that date. It is sixteen ninety six. Amazing, right? well certainly for the US.
See that red barge either going or leaving Baltimore Up at the top of the picture? Well this image shows the view looking eastward and the large body of water you see is the Chesapeake Bay and the distant blue of Maryland's Eastern Shore. If you were to take the bridge (not shown) and continue driving eastward you would reach the Atlantic Ocean in about 90+ minutes.
Project Life moves on. Here in mid January it WAS cold! Bitter cold but I don't mind this kind of weather. He was in Florida and I was glad I wasn't. Only doing one page a week worked then but from a March perspective, I think I'll definitely do what I want whether it's one or two pages. Time will tell.
Lots of fun doing challenges this month. The process seemed so light after doing a challenge a day and taking on line classes at the same time in January. February was kind of a wind down month and one that I needed. Here's three pages that I really liked though the last one with the circle of elements is not my norm. I did enjoy it though and now feel that I can do things like this whereas before I'd have been overwhelmed with the idea of all those elements. Challenges are good for getting comfortable with other ways. You never know what you might like!
