Sunday 16 July 2017

A Photo An Hour: Saturday 15th July

I finally remembered to participate in Photo An Hour, after a few months of consistently forgetting, hooray! To be honest, when I woke up I felt like I wasn't going to bother with it but then I saw that Becks - who I was meeting later in the day - was taking part and it spurred me on to start taking my photos.
10am:
A shamefully late start to my day. I don't know why, but I am just so tired at the moment and feel like I could just sleep and sleep every morning. Anyway, finally up and I have a cup of tea and a bagel to fortify me for my trip to Nottingham.
11am:
Getting dressed. I really wanted to go to Weirdo Zine Fest in London today but train tickets from Leicester are ridiculously £££ and I just can't afford to go much anymore. Instead, I'm representing for zinesters with my brilliant new tote bag from Black Lodge Press: Make Zines/Destroy Fascism is a great slogan to live by.
Midday:
On the tram into Nottingham from the Park & Ride. I was meeting up with my friend Becks for the first time in months
1pm:
Can you believe I didn't know that there was a Sostrene Grene in Nottingham until today. Just loooook at all this beautiful yarn! And I don't even use yarn in any of my crafts. Never heard of Sostrene Grene? Imagine Tiger, but both cheaper and classier.
2pm:
Becks had heard about a super special secret bar hidden away in Hockley and was in the process of telling me about it when we literally stumbled upon it by accident (so maybe not so super secret after all). Inside was an incredible candle-lit space that reminded me of Budapest's ruin bars.
3pm:
Pizza time! I had a the garlic bread with cheese and it was amazing.
4pm:
My timings are a bit screwy here - at 4 I was actually driving home, so instead have this picture I took at about half 3 in the Sue Ryder Vintage shop. I can never resist a vintage typewriter.
5pm:
My vintage shopping haul. I've been after a pleated polka dot midi skirt for ages, so I was especially excited to find this one.
6pm:
Missy has shown to inclination to sit on laps since it got warm a month ago, so the fact that she plonked herself down on mine almost as soon as I sat down was very exciting. Never mind that it delayed dinner by a good hour, I wasn't going to pass up the opportunity for some quality cat time.
7pm:
I'm a real creature of habit, and Saturday evenings don't feel quite right without the following ingredients: the Funk & Soul Show on 6 Music, a glass of wine, the kitchen fairy lights lit, and something bubbling away on the stove.
8pm:
I'm feeling completely wiped out lately - underlying wedding planning stress maybe? - and last night I didn't feel capable of anything more intellectually demanding than a terrible comedy, so Role Models it was.

11pm:
Missed a couple of hours as we were finishing the film, but 11pm found me in bed with a book and about to turn off the light.

18 comments:

  1. You did much better at sticking with Photo An Hour than me - I ended up giving up around 4pm! That photo of Missy is so sweet, it's awesome that she's started siting with you.

    Liz x
    Distract Me Now Please

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    1. She just plonked herself down and collapsed, as if it was no big deal and that I hadn't been begging her to sit with me for the past couple of months! Cats eh?

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  2. Not a bad looking Saturday :) I've been really tired lately too - can't wake up in the mornings and keep falling asleep early evening too when I'm reading! I'm putting it down to end of term tiredness! I didn't take part this month as I spent the whole day at home and decided my day was just to dull to share!

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    1. I don't even have end of term-itis to blame it on anymore! Maybe it's wedding stress?

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  3. Cheaper than Tiger! I love that shop, must find out more about this new one... hope it's spread to the far north!

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    1. It is SO good, I have a horrible feeling the Nottingham store is the only one in the UK at the moment though.

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  4. Great pix. I like looking into your days :) Looks like Nottingham has the only Sostrene Grene shop in the UK!

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    1. Yeah from what I can tell, it is - how lucky?!

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  5. That little pub looks ace. What's it called?

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    1. It's called Lost Property, it was definitely worth a visit.

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  6. Your house always looks so lovely - especially the shelving in your kitchen, I think I'm definitely leaning towards open shelving at the moment.

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    1. Open shelving is ace. You need to give things a bit of a wipe down every so often as they do get a bit manky with cooking grease, but it's so much easier than cleaning inside cupboards.

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  7. Your photo an hour days always look so fun - I think about joining in but then wonder if I'd have anything to photograph as I go through the day! I've never heard of Sostrene Grene before - I wonder if they're down in London? Will keep my eyes open.

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    1. That's probably because I tend not to bother if I have nothing at all planned!

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  8. I tried hard with this month's ones and did more than usual, but still missed a couple of hours. Sometimes if I'm with people who don't really get / know about the online stuff, it can be a little odd to suddenly start taking photos. Also, I love your kitchen.

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    1. Yeah I definitely find it easier if I'm spending the day with Internet People (which I seem to end up doing on Photo An Hour day surprisingly often). But if I know I'm with my mum, for example, I don't even both trying because she just doesn't get it.

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  9. I enjoyed seeing your day! I have felt very tired too- I refuse to feel guilty for sleeping in which my husband always feels when he sleeps in or I do!x

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  10. I love this type of post ! I shall do one soon they are so fun :)

    http://allornothing-blog.blogspot.co.uk/

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