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A family blog capturing our daily life and adventures as a family of six - the calm, the chaos and the moments in between.

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Forty-one 🥳 . Feeling incredibly grateful to ha

Forty-one 🥳
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Feeling incredibly grateful to have made it this far, and curious as to what the next trip around the sun will bring...
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We’re comfortable on the side of the lens no one sees but we struggle to include ourselves in the frame. Follow the loop to see our efforts in making sure we are on #bothsidesofthelens24
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Next up is the ridiculously talented and lovely @alimobo - her art/work blows me away with every single image, so please go and check her out.
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#mamaintheframe #leavingalegacyp52 #happybirthdaytome

Exam season... . A Level Mocks for one, and the st

Exam season...
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A Level Mocks for one, and the start of a month-long stretch of twenty GCSE exam papers for the other 🥴
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#examseason #adailyoccurrence #storiesoftheeveryday

Now and then... . (May 2024 - the first photo, vs

Now and then...
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(May 2024 - the first photo, vs May 2020 - the second and third photos)
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The light in the top floor bedroom hits *just* right at certain times of the year and I can never resist capturing a few shots ✨️🙌✨️
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Welcome to the Wild Rose 52 Loop. Each week our community has come together to share interpretations of our weekly theme. This week our theme is RECREATE THE PHOTO. Please check out our lovely community images by clicking through the loop or going through our hashtag #wildrose52
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Next up is Lacey @creative.bursts
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#galleryoflightfeature #adailyoccurrence #storiesoftheeveryday

I spent the bank holiday finally catching up on a

I spent the bank holiday finally catching up on a backlog of editing 🙌
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A few shots from a rainy weekend last month, when felt-tip pen tattoos were (apparently) all the rage.
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“Fear is always triggered by creativity, because creativity asks you to enter into realms of uncertain outcome, and fear hates uncertain outcome.” ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
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Our community of @clickprophotographers have come together to amplify our voice as women photographers. Next up is @animalhousephotography
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To see more work from our amazing Click Pro Elites, check out @clickproeliteloop and navigate to the tagged tab to scroll all posted images.
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#clickproelite
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#clickproloop050724

One second a day, every day, in April...
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@1secondeveryday #1secondeveryday #1SEme #onesecondeveryday

Coming home to myself 🖤 . (with the addition of

Coming home to myself 🖤
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(with the addition of a fluffy little photobomber joining in too because she has separation anxiety and can't be away from me for more than five minutes)
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Also, how is everyone feeling about 'The Tortured Poets Department'?! I definitely have a few favourites that made it straight onto my playlist: Guilty As Sin; But Daddy I Love Him; I Look In People's Windows; I Hate It Here; The Black Dog; imgonnagetyouback; and The Manuscript are 👌
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We’re comfortable on the side of the lens no one sees but we struggle to include ourselves in the frame. Follow the loop to see our efforts in making sure we are on #bothsidesofthelens24
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Next up is the ridiculously talented, beautiful and inspiring @kirstylarmour
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#findingmyselfinportraits #leavingalegacyp52 #thetorturedpoetsdepartment

I had an unintentional month-long break from shari

I had an unintentional month-long break from sharing on Instagram because, well...life 🤷‍♀️
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I've been busy behind the scenes though. It was an absolute honour and joy to be invited to capture @ggracemoore and @ourgoldennala for a personal branding shoot.
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Grace is one of my favourite humans on the planet - she is wise beyond her years and has more resilience than anyone I've ever met. She's an incredible yoga teacher, a talented web designer and she's about to graduate from @the_quest_institute (where I also did my therapy training 18 years ago) to incorporate therapy into her deeply heart-centred work. And Nala is in training to become a therapy dog too.
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#personalbrandingphotography #therapydog #therapydogsofinstagram

One second a day, every day, in March
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@1secondeveryday #1secondeveryday #1SEme #onesecondeveryday

My laptop has died 😭 The screen is cracked, the

My laptop has died 😭 The screen is cracked, the space bar is broken soeverythingitypelookslikethiswhichisveryhardtoread, and it doesn't charge properly.
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It's making it really quite challenging to communicate with my therapy clients and I can't edit any photos either. (Thank you to everyone who is being so extraordinarily patient and understanding with me 🙏).
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My new laptop arrived today and I'm feeling a bit anxious about setting it up and transferring everything over... 🤞 it'll all be ok.
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In the meantime, here's an image from last month - I love the soft light, and the simplicity and serenity it evokes.
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“Creativity on the fly” is a course that encourages digging into the processes that nurture and fuel our unique artistic voice, and how we infuse that into our everyday photography. As a collective we celebrate our individual creativity and invite you to visit #creativityonthefly to see the work of our fellow artists.

Currently solo parenting three teenagers whilst ru

Currently solo parenting three teenagers whilst running three businesses and the overwhelm of all the emails // to-do lists // schedules to remember is real. I'm getting by with a/ lots and lots (and lots!) of deep breathing and b/ channelling my youngest daughter's wall of positive affirmation quotes to help me through. Plus, you know, taking five minutes to capture a self portrait in her (very smudgy) mirror because I promised myself I'd do one every month and honouring that feels important.
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We’re comfortable on the side of the lens no one sees but we struggle to include ourselves in the frame. Follow the loop to see our efforts in making sure we are on #bothsidesofthelens24
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Next up is the extraordinarily talented Lisa @lijo.photo
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#leavingalegacyp52 #mamaintheframe #selfportraitsofmotherhood

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