Advent: 8th December – An unexpected sunset

Today I was going to be Blogging about the Shipdham Christmas Tree Festival which kicked off this whole advent blog idea last year. Driving across to Shipdham the sky was amazing.  For a change I had a decent camera with me so I seized the moment. I have loads of photos of the Christmas trees…

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Advent: 7th December – Not a Christmas tree!

If you were driving along  the road into Shropham at lunchtime and you saw a mad woman on the side of the road in the rain with a camera that was me. I had intended to take pictures of something else today but spotted this amazing prehistoric looking tree and just had to take some…

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Advent: 7th December – Not a Christmas tree!

If you were driving on the road into Shropham at lunchtime and you saw a mad woman on the side of the road in the rain with a camera that was me. I had intended to take pictures of something else today but spotted this amazing prehistoric looking tree and just had to take some…

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Advent blog: 6th December – Frosty dead things

Winter has arrived with a vengeance! We had a light sprinkling of snow last night and a sharp frost so there were some lovely things to shoot in the garden this morning. My excuse for notclearing the dried summer plants in the garden is of course because of the lovely photo opportunities that they offer!

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Advent blog: 6th December – Frosty dead things

Winter has arrived with a vengeance! We had a light sprinkling of snow last night and a sharp frost so there were some lovely things to shoot in the garden this morning. My excuse for notclearing the dried summer plants in the garden is of course because of the lovely photo opportunities that they offer!

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Advent Blog: 5th December – Darkness into light

Back to Advent Sunday again! After I had finished photographing the nativity I was invited to go back for the Darkness into Light Advent service to take some more photos. As Sunday was my birthday (don’t ask how old!) I said I couldn’t stay for the whole service (Geoff had planned the roast beef for…

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Advent Blog: 5th December – Darkness into light

Back to Advent Sunday again! After I had finished photographing the nativity I was invited to go back for the Darkness into Light Advent service to take some more photos. As Sunday was my birthday (don’t ask how old!) I said I couldn’t stay for the whole service (Geoff had planned the roast beef for…

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Advent Blog: 4th December

Today has been very cold and when you sit at a desk in an old house with out much heating you need a bit of warming up! Cue a visit to the fridge to gather up all the slightly tired looking veggies to turn them into a lovely soup. This is my homemade minestrone. To…

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Advent Blog: 4th December – Winter warming soup

  Today has been very cold and when you sit at a desk in an old house with out much heating you need a bit of warming up! Cue a visit to the fridge to gather up all the slightly tired looking veggies to turn them into a lovely soup. This is my homemade minestrone. …

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Advent Blog: 3rd December – Scary dummy!

We love a good Christmas ghost story in our house – from the scholarly chillers of M R James to modern adaptations like Crickley Hall which concluded last night. One of our favourite ways to enjoy a story is to sit round the fire by candle light while someone reads a spine chiller – even…

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Advent Blog: 3rd December

We love a good Christmas ghost story in our house – from the scholarly chillers of M R James to modern adaptations like Crickley Hall which concluded last night. One of our favourite ways to enjoy a story is to sit round the fire by candle light while someone reads a spine chiller – even…

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Advent Blog: 2nd December

This morning at the request of our village church I went to photograph a very unique Nativity which has been lovingly restored for Christmas this year. 1928, the Vicar of Carbrooke Rev. George Chambers commissioned a set of 24″ Plaster Nativity figures for Carbrooke Church, the figures were dressed in the style of 1920’s and…

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