Good Memories

Photography makes me happy so I thought I would share my Photographs I took at Gibraltar Point nature reserve here in the UK.

Funny story about Gibraltar Point, A few years ago a lorry driver traveled all the way from Turkey to Gibraltar Point to discover when he got here, after crossing land and sea with his cargo of 4×4 vehicles, that he was meant to go to the Rock of Gibraltar in Spain, the poor mans sat nav had taken him 1,600 miles in the wrong direction, OOPS.

Any way back to my pictures

I think I’ve labeled them right but I’m not 100% sure I’m no expert, I had to identify them from a bird book so they could be wrong

Spring is here and to celebrate we went for a walk in the woods at night.

We found this wood by accident it’s a place barely anyone knows about which means you can walk around it without having to look at the floor for dog mess which is brilliant, living on a little island means you can’t go anywhere others haven’t been, so to find this little gem we know we are very lucky.

We were hoping to see some deer which is why we headed out so late, there were no deer unfortunately that night but we did see a barn owl, buzzard, hare and a bat, in fact I got some great picture and some footage of a hare who decided to walk toward us, our son got hit in the head with a bat! of the winged variety while he was filming the hare.

I got my picture in the local paper

I joined a new roller derby team the Sassy Skeggie Sirens, I’ve never done anything like this before, roller derby is a rough women’s sport that is for women of all ages and sizes who are 18 and over.

I’ve kept up in-line skating with my kids over the years but we only skate 2 or three times a year, I know how to go straight that’s about it

Which means I have much to learn before I become a Roller Derby Deva

Check out the Roller Derby video and wish me luck, this sport is brutal

My son just called me from school to tell me it’s snowing outside.

Brightened my day and made me cry with happiness, it means so much to me to know he saw snow and thought of me (I’m welling up again as I type ).

Something small that happened to brighten your day is what this blog is all about,

the little things in life that make us smile and my sons phone call did that and some one of the most thoughtful things anyone has ever done for me, I’m so happy.

Did anything happen to you today, make a comment below and share your joy.

Was out shopping and spotted Pudsey Bear outside Greg the Bakers raising money for children in need.

Popped across the road and had our pictures took with the lovable children in need mascot, Pudsey.

It cheered me up, I was out shopping for clothes and shoes for my son, nothing worse than shoe shopping, in fact I hate shopping full stop, I know unusual behaviour for a woman .

Seeing Pudsey Bear made my day

Just came home from our walk on a fun high

My hubby came up with a great game to play while we were on our usual daily walk, he suggested singing 99 bottles of beer on the wall but with a twist just before you get to the next set of bottles to sing you have to think of an action to do.

Example: take it in turns to sing 99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer, knock one off and what have you got (do an action like hope on one foot) 98 bottles of beer on the wall. Then the next person sings there line 98 Bottle …..

I love Halloween it’s my favourite time of the year but this year I thought I had to miss out.

I had loads of plans for a fun filled week but I have caught a cold and I sprained my neck, shoulder, back and arm by sleeping funny, so there is was to be no pumpkin carving, dancing or fun of any description for me this year

I was really upset at the idea of doing nothing for halloween, all the fun I had planned would have to wait for another year, but my hubby came to the rescue and took me out for a slow walk around town dressed in our halloween costumes

We saw a cute little mouse the other night while we where out for a late walk.

It was windy with leaves flying every where, has we walk though the high street my hubby spotted the sweet little mouse with lovely big eyes, big ears and a cute button nose, he first thought it was a leaf blowing in the wind.

It ran in front of us and then ran along the edge of the shop fronts, to our surprise it slipped through a tiny hole in the solid metal security gate and went inside Sports Direct?

Maybe it needed some new trainers

Hope you like my cartoon mouse it took me ages to draw with my son’s Wacom tablet,shhh don’t tell him I used it!

We got attacked by a crab after saving it’s life no less

We’re having an Indian Summer in the UK with temperatures reaching 28 degrees, so what do you do with blue skies and hot summer sun? You head to the beach

We spotted a seagull throw a crab into the air, hubby saw where it dropped so he rushed off into the sea to find it.

It was in a fighting mood after almost becoming a seagulls dinner, hubby had found his match I think

The Moon was full and had left a long silvery carpet across the surface of the sea, shining like a beacon it pulled us towards it across the soft sand and down too the shoreline.

There we stood taking in the moons glory, a big wave crashed onto the beach which made my hubby jump as the menacing sound rang out into the darkness. With only the light of the moon to guide us we walked along the edge of the water, our footsteps sank into the dark black sand beneath our feet as we moved along.