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Sunday, 23 September 2012
Sunday, 19 August 2012
365project Week 33
I've been struggling this week with the school holiday blues.
Didn't I read somewhere that last Monday was supposed to be the most stressful day of the holidays for parents?
It has been a bit 'tense' in our house with children starting to irritate each other, tempers been well and truly lost (mine) and insufficient entertainment being provided (apparently).
I rebelled and told them all to get on with it and amuse themselves for a bit. They are still working on this.
Meanwhile I sighed a lot and looked skyward trying to zone out the sound of extreme bickering. Fortunately the sun was shining so the sky provided some photographic inspiration, evidenced by a significant proportion of sky and blue in my montage.
Blue shoes peekaboo
Blue skies soften the cathedral
Doodles chase away the grey
Entertaining himself
Afternoon skies sighing
The glisten of blue glass
Blue checks reflected on blue
But with only two weeks of the school holidays left I don't want to wish any time away before the Princess starts school, the Wee One starts nursery and The Big One starts key stage 2. The house will be very quiet without them.
Joining in with The Boy and Me.
If you would like to see any of this weeks photos in more detail, head over to my 365project.
Didn't I read somewhere that last Monday was supposed to be the most stressful day of the holidays for parents?
It has been a bit 'tense' in our house with children starting to irritate each other, tempers been well and truly lost (mine) and insufficient entertainment being provided (apparently).
I rebelled and told them all to get on with it and amuse themselves for a bit. They are still working on this.
Meanwhile I sighed a lot and looked skyward trying to zone out the sound of extreme bickering. Fortunately the sun was shining so the sky provided some photographic inspiration, evidenced by a significant proportion of sky and blue in my montage.
Blue shoes peekaboo
Blue skies soften the cathedral
Doodles chase away the grey
Entertaining himself
Afternoon skies sighing
The glisten of blue glass
Blue checks reflected on blue
But with only two weeks of the school holidays left I don't want to wish any time away before the Princess starts school, the Wee One starts nursery and The Big One starts key stage 2. The house will be very quiet without them.
Joining in with The Boy and Me.
If you would like to see any of this weeks photos in more detail, head over to my 365project.
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Peace
It has been a long time since I can honestly say I have experienced peace.
Three children tend to scupper all selfish ideas like that.
But there is a moment, soon after my head hits the pillow, when I think I am at peace. My mind drifts, worries of the day dissipate, tomorrows to-do list melts away. But I don't have any photos of myself sleeping.
Instead I have the next best thing.
Summer breathing through tall grass.
Autumn winds nudging and tussling clouds into whipped up frothy piles over the sea.
Piles of paperbacks with words nestling amongst the pages to transport me to another place.
So in an ideal world, I would be sitting on a beach with grasses on the dunes behind me, in late summer, reading a book. And probably no children of mine within earshot.
I may even nod off.
Where do you find peace?
Written for The Gallery.
Three children tend to scupper all selfish ideas like that.
But there is a moment, soon after my head hits the pillow, when I think I am at peace. My mind drifts, worries of the day dissipate, tomorrows to-do list melts away. But I don't have any photos of myself sleeping.
Instead I have the next best thing.
Summer breathing through tall grass.
Autumn winds nudging and tussling clouds into whipped up frothy piles over the sea.
Piles of paperbacks with words nestling amongst the pages to transport me to another place.
So in an ideal world, I would be sitting on a beach with grasses on the dunes behind me, in late summer, reading a book. And probably no children of mine within earshot.
I may even nod off.
Where do you find peace?
Written for The Gallery.
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