Chloe Ridgway

Project Happy {Year 5}: Days 341-350

The first half of February seemed to disappear in the blink of an eye and now here we are almost at the end of the month already.  The theme for this edition of Project Happy seems to be the beautiful light we’ve been having recently – I’ve never known February to be anything other than…

The Fire

I have always said with absolute certainty that the first thing I would grab in a fire is my photos.  As it turns out, I was wrong. You think you know how you’ll react.  You think you know what it will feel like if the unimaginable happens.  You think you know the steps you’ll take…

Project Happy {Year 5}: Days 331-340

January has morphed into February, the promise of Spring is just around the corner and things are changing.  I can feel it.  Spectacular skies have been a welcome regular occurrence though day to day we’ve really just been keeping our heads down and quietly getting on with life. These images show that there is still…

Project Happy {Year 5}: Days 321-330

Truthfully?  I’m finding the lack of outdoor adventures these last couple of months particularly hard.  Being outside, even when it’s freezing cold and I can’t feel my fingers or toes or face, is absolutely vital for my mental wellbeing.  It feels like such a waste of time staying inside when we could be out making…

January 2019: The Moments In Between

I take hundreds of photos every month, and most of them don’t get shared with anyone, let alone online. And yet the moments in time that those photos capture are just as important a part of our story as the other images that I do choose to share. I originally created this blog as a…

2019: My Year Of…

Over time I’ve come to realise that it always takes me a little while to get going at the beginning of a new year.  I’m not one of those people who launches into January all fired up and ready to achieve – I prefer a slower, more gentle start.  I tend to spend January reflecting…

Little Loves: January 2019

The paradox of time is already in evidence for 2019 as January feels like it’s simultaneously zoomed by and lasted 186 days already.  The girls went back to school quite late this year and so we had a whole week of the Christmas holidays still to go at the start of the month, which we…

Lola: Nine

The new year always begins in the most positive of ways for us as we celebrate our youngest girl’s birthday at the start of January.  I can’t think of a better way to bring colour and joy to the greyest of months.  This year, she turned nine years old.  Nine years of my little ray…