The 25th, from a railway carriage

Well I came home and was disappointed as I'd hoped my miniprints from Virgin media would be here so I could do August's page then send off some pics for September, but half my order (and all the pics from the 25th) was missing. They have said they will reprint though. But it seems to be hard to find any place that does those neat little 4 on a page miniprints. If anyone knows a good supply please let me know! Anyway the photo prompt for this month focussed on reflections, and as I had an early morning train journey I tried a few things out, just on my camera phone.

Willow

Not done any scrapping this week, been busy working and haven't felt too good these past few days, so have been sleeping and sofa hopping all day instead. So here's some piccies, that I've been meaning to scrap but am not quite sure what to do with! I took them with my mobile phone camera at an amazing 'installation' I suppose you'd call it, up north. The structure is made from willow and is just amazing, you can walk through and in and around, and it looks like it's just grown that way (it didn't, it's been made). The plan is apparently to burn it in May, so will need to try and catch that. Bit Wicker Man ish though.... Hopefully I'll be a bit more on the scrapping ball tomorrow and can catch up on the art journal cards, and go see some other folks' work on the journal ring too! Will definitely need to tidy the scrapping space though first though, you can hardly see the carpet, never mind the bed or the desk top. How come things get so messy? Or is that just me? There's a real tidy soul trapped inside me, but sometimes I seem to keep it very well hidden....

Three things

It was a wet and windy drive north last week, but the drive home was glorious - sun, snow on the hills, deep vibrant colours and of course breathtaking scenery. Here's a couple of quickie on the road from the mobile shots. Glengarry (above) and Rannoch Moor (below).

This week's Emily Falconbridge card challenge was SHOES. Now I'm not really a shoe addict like some folk seem to be. I guess I have one rule, no matter whether they're hiking boots, everyday ones, summer sandals or for a night out, they must be comfy! I hate buying shoes for this very reason. How do you really know, in the shop, after only a few minutes on, whether they will in fact be really comfy?? It's a hard one!

And lastly (all things come in threes) here's the next in the Irish hols series of layouts. It was so hot and sunny last year, we couldn't believe it, and had to go shopping in Dublin to buy lightweight summer gear cos everything we'd packed was too heavy and warm. The beaches in Kerry were glorious, if anything it was too hot!

First trip north of 2007

Just back from my first trip north this year (got stuck at home with flu...). It was great to be on the road again, the weather was great, so here's a few piccies to show you all what I get to drive through each week.... Snow on the hills, taken at the Cluanie Inn, as was the next one. This is from the viewpoint at the top of Glen Garry, the loch is a favourite place to snap as it looks like the map of Scotland... The road home. Not bad for quickie photos taken with my mobile phone. And no, I've not done anything to them, the sky is pretty much always that dramatic!