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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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42 🥳 . Last year was a bit of a rollercoaster w

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Last year was a bit of a rollercoaster with a lot of big life changes to navigate and, apparently, the wild ride continues. Maybe that's just life now - one loop-the-loop after another.
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I'm deeply grateful to get the opportunity to take another trip around the sun; grateful for all the lessons that last year taught me; grateful for the ups and downs and tears and laughter and joy and sadness and shadows and light and big conversations and letting go. Grateful for love, of which there is plenty. Grateful to still be coming home to myself. Grateful for all of it.
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I haven't really felt like being in front of the camera recently. Figured I'd make the effort and... I'm glad I did. This is me, now, and that's worth documenting.
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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 #bothsidesofthelens25
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Next up is the always inspiring @dorenehookey
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#selfartportraits #findingmyselfinportraits #thisartistsoul

Exam season is underway... . Between all three gir

Exam season is underway...
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Between all three girls there are 22 exams in total for them to sit throughout May and June 😳 ... Year 10 GCSE Mocks for Lola; A Level Mocks for Mimi; and actual A Levels for Ella.
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They're all revising hard and I am mostly making sure there is a steady supply of snacks and drinks available, making regular reminders to go out for some fresh air, and administering occasional hugs when the emotions get a bit much.
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“Photography is an art of observation. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them” ~ Elliott Erwitt
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We are a group of photographers who love #faceless photography and have come together to share our faceless images. Follow along to see our work or visit #facelessloop
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Next up is @jingjingl.liu
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#examseason #alevels #storiesoftheeveryday

One second a day, every day, in April...
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A collection of wildly beautiful sunrises and sunsets interspersed with tonsillitis, art exhibitions, glorious sunshine, endless revision and blossom trees putting on their very best displays. It's been a tough month behind the scenes, but the glimmers are everywhere.
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@1secondeveryday #1secondeveryday #1SEme #onesecondeveryday

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" ~ Anais Nin
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I shared this quote with a therapy client last week. She's on the cusp of a big change - trying to let go of something that's had a hold over her for a very long time - and she's finding it deeply challenging. These words really resonated with her so I thought I'd share them here in case you needed to read them too.
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Also, documenting blossom season before it disappears! 🤍🌸🌿🩷
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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 #bothsidesofthelens25
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Next up is the wonderful @johaycockphotography
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#adailyoccurrence #storiesoftheeveryday #blossomseason

Sunrise love notes 🫶 . . . “No, you don’t s

Sunrise love notes 🫶
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“No, you don’t shoot things. You capture them. Photography means painting with light. And that’s what you do. You paint a picture only by adding light to the things you see.” ~ Katja Michael
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Our community of @clickprophotographers have come together to amplify our voice as women photographers. Next up is @jomartindale
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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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When my girls were toddlers, if I gave them an emp

When my girls were toddlers, if I gave them an empty cardboard box and some felt tip pens they would spend hours drawing, scribbling, making up stories and transforming it into a puppet theatre, a rocket ship, a market stall and countless other things. As silly as it might seem, it brought me immense joy to see that even as teenagers they haven't lost that ability to imagine and play...
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“Photography is an art of observation. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them” ~ Elliott Erwitt
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We are a group of photographers who love #faceless photography and have come together to share our faceless images. Follow along to see our work or visit #facelessloop
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Next up is the talented @lightstories.lu
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#adailyoccurrence #storiesoftheeveryday #hellostoryteller

Teenagers in the wild 🌿 . . . . . “The Travel

Teenagers in the wild 🌿
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“The Travelling Photographer” is a course that celebrates the joy and wonder of travel, helps you capture the essence of your destination and tell the stories that you want to remember. As a collective we share our adventures and invite you to visit #thetravellingphotographer to see the work of our fellow artists.
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“I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favourite thing is to go where I’ve never been.” ~ Diane Arbus
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Our community of @clickprophotographers have come together to amplify our voice as women photographers. Next up is @jennymg_photography
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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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#clickproloop041525

One second a day, every day, in March...
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Gorgeous sunrises and sunsets; a school trip to Paris; two gigs (@gracieabrams and @alecbenjamin ); blossom and sunshine and rainbows oh my; the cats being adorable; and all the behind the scenes stuff that doesn't always get shown here 🙃 meant that March was a month to remember...
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@1secondeveryday #1secondeveryday #1SEme #onesecondeveryday

She's back, and juuuuust about recovered from her

She's back, and juuuuust about recovered from her trip to Paris 🥱
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She had an absolutely BRILLIANT time. I've loved hearing all her stories and seeing all the photos and videos she took. She's made so many memories with her friends that will last a lifetime and I'm so proud of her for the courage and confidence she's cultivating.
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“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” ― Maya Angelou
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Our community of @clickprophotographers have come together to amplify our voice as women photographers. Next up is the incredible @leahbphotos
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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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At 1am this morning, bleary eyed and with what fel

At 1am this morning, bleary eyed and with what felt like a thousand butterflies in my tummy, I waved my youngest teenager off on a coach heading for Paris on a 4-day school trip with her French class 🇫🇷
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She's the first of the girls to go abroad without me and the thought of her being in an entirely different country is...unsettling. It's also the longest she's ever been away from home.
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I know she's going to have an absolutely brilliant time though: they're going up the Eiffel Tower; going on a riverboat cruise down the Seine; having a tour of the city; AND spending a whole day at Disneyland Paris!
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She's going to be utterly exhausted when she gets back, but it'll be 100% worth it for the memories she'll have made 🫶
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“The Travelling Photographer” is a course that celebrates the joy and wonder of travel, helps you capture the essence of your destination and tell the stories that you want to remember. As a collective we share our adventures and invite you to visit #thetravellingphotographer to see the work of our fellow artists.
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Our community of @clickprophotographers have come together to amplify our voice as women photographers. Next up is @biancajoannaphotography
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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