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Monday, January 7, 2019

Monday Again

After a lovely sunny day yesterday we're back to clouds and rain today. I did manage a walk before it started to rain. I'm starting the week off with a new set of lists and things I want to get done. I have meals planned for the week and picked up most of what we needed today. There were a few things the shop was out of so I will head to another later in the week - list in hand so I don't get distracted!

I've done a little on my cross stitch - still not enough for anyone to see what it is. I was going to work on it today but the light isn't good. I started a new knit using up the horrible grey ball (that was supposed to be different shades of grey). It's not a challenging knit but it's something I can easily work on in the evening. I will pick out something more colourful to work on. I also have a couple of photography things I need to work on - one for my online camera club and another for the Mindful Photography course I'm taking online.

This morning when I checked my Instagram I was really pleased to see that Amy from Love Made my Home had decided to start blogging again! I loved reading her blog. She makes such gorgeous things. I have to admit when I first started blogging she was one of the people who inspired me (and inspired me to use up those little kits on the front of magazines!).

Today the photo I'm going to share is of my grumpy old cat, Shadow. He's getting on a bit now (aren't we all?). We got him when my son was about seven/eight. He is now twenty-seven. He was not pleased at all when I started taking photos of him. He finally got downright disgusted, stood up from his comfy spot, looked right at me, gave a large meow and wandered off to the kitchen. He's got a lot more vocal the older he's gotten.


What's everyone up to this week?

10 comments:

  1. That is an amazing age 27. I've always wanted a grey cat. What a sweetheart. Maybe the sun will come back soon. It has been rather dark.

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    1. Whoops - should have made that clearer - son is 27. Shadow is about 20.

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  2. What a beautiful cat. It looks to me as if he is giving you what my cat-crazy daughter calls 'the slitty eyed look of love'.
    Black/grey cats are hard to pohotograph, I think, and I love the detail in your photo.
    xx

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    1. He's a grumpy old thing. I was trying out my new lens on him.

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  3. Oh, I love the look on his face! LOL! He is obviously not amused!

    My daughter left this morning, so, this week is getting used to her being gone, getting the car serviced (Tuesday), a doctor's appointment (Friday) and taking down holiday decorations and putting them away; some laundry, too, and some cleaning. Hope you have a good week.

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    1. He does not like his photo being taken! It will take a bit of getting used to. She was there for a nice long time. I hope she's back soon! I shall visit my daughter at the end of the month. I can't wait!

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  4. This week I am getting things done that I couldn't while I had Andy and Roz under my feet. It is so good to get back to normal.

    What a handsome fellow Shadow is.
    Hugs-x-

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    1. My son went back to work Jan 2nd. It was SO nice having a quiet house.

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  5. The mindful photography sounds very interesting. Do you have any more details on it please?

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    1. It's through Emma Davies School of Photography. She does a free online course A Year with my Camera that I went through. The Mindful Photography is one of her paid courses. https://emma-davies-photo.thinkific.com/ It's all about why you take the photos and projects to help you just enjoy the journey rather than the technical aspects of photography. I've been concentrating on technical aspects I was starting to lose the joy of why I started in the first place.

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