five senses | summer

Seeing: vivid blue skies, golden stubble & bright, bright sunlight

Tasting: fresh, local fruit - apricots, peaches & plums, creamy ice-cream & cool watermelon

Hearing: the rumble of grain trucks & the crunch of dry grass

Touching: the sharp bite of the sun on my skin

Smelling: dry, dusty earth, ripe fruit & the promise of rain

month of mornings | a look back

I really enjoyed my 'month of mornings' photo project last year - a week each season (summer, autumn, winter, spring), equalling a months worth of photographs (28 in fact, which makes the month February, I guess).

I didn't give myself lots of rules - just seven mornings in a row, with anything until noon counting. Although only once was the photo taken that late in the morning, most often I was done before breakfast - or at least before morning coffee. I think splitting the project up into seasons worked well - not only did it keep the images interesting, but a week of photos is a challenge, without becoming really hard work.

Actually, I think picking the image for each day was probably the hardest part - I almost always had plenty of extras, especially on the days I took the camera on my morning walk, in order to catch the sunrise.

summer | autumn | winter | spring

a study in contrasts

winter & summer

Something I thought about during my month of mornings project was trying to visually capture the difference between the seasons. We don't have snowy winters, or lots of autumn colour - most of the trees around here don't even loose their leaves in winter. If only I'd thought about it enough to take a photo in the same spot every season....still, I have a few examples of the way plants & places change with the seasons...

autumn & spring

summer & winter

spring & winter

autumn, spring & winter

summer | autumn | winter | spring

a springtime glow...

the pale golden sunrise...

goes with these from week 4 

bursting with life...

springtime means buds, blossoms & new leaves...

from week 4 of my month of mornings

recently...

...we've been having very changeable weather - from hot to cool, with plenty of sunshine, a little rain & lots of strong wind...so, spring weather basically...

...completed week 4 - the last week - of my month of mornings project. I decided to do it early in the season (unlike the first three seasons) so that I would have some blossoms - since they are one of the most 'spring' things I could possibly photograph...

...I have some extra photos from that week (naturally) & I've shared a few so far 1 | 2 (more to come)...

...it was my birthday last month...

...had another visit to Wirrabara Forest - wandered paths, collected some textures & enjoyed the flowing water...

...some sketches, a day at the market, a few good things and some new books (which are also good things)...

...a little baking - lemon blondies (the recipe calls them brownies, but they're more blondie-coloured), which are somehow almost cheesecake-like & are totally awesome & a couple of weeks ago, chai tea cupcakes...

...a travel inspired teleidoscope photo...

...and some beautiful blossoms.

the softness of sunrise

a pale spring-time sunrise...

from week 4 of my month of mornings

a few good things...

1. The jasmine is in full bloom - wish I could share the scent with you along with the image.

2. Music - loving Sara Bareilles' latest.

3. Sunrise. & dreamy blur.

4. Library books (the top one was actually a recent bookclub read & quite lovely).

5. Zentangling.

6. Blossoms & early morning sunshine.

7. New things - a light cardigan & soft navy & white knit sweater.
*Also, adopting/adapting blog post ideas from your sister :)

A horse is a horse, of course, of course...

plus a sheep or three...

one & three from week 4, two, four & five from week 1 of my month of mornings.

a day at the market | september

A day of changeable weather for the September market - seems about right for the first one of spring. There was cloud, a few raindrops & even some thunder, but the sun soon came out to warm things up nicely. The wind did it's best to make off with all our stock, but we managed not to let it (mostly).

& our new bag designs were a hit :)

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