Personal – Debbie
Advent: 12:12 – Fog and ice
I’m going outside – I may be gone for sometime…. I took a proper camera on today’s walk – the fog and frost were simply amazing! was simply amazing!
Read MoreAdvent: 11th December – Morning walk
I mentioned yesterday that I now also have a personal Blog called The Pixel Chef. Since I launched it back in the spring I have used it to post pictures (usually taken on my mobile phone) from my early morning walks. I go for about half an hour most weekday mornings – it’s a great…
Read MoreAdvent: 10th December Limoncello
Every year at Christmas I always come up with one scheme or another to make something a bit different to eat or drink. Last year it was raspberry gin and pickled pears. This year I stumbled across the recipe for Limoncello via the Domestic Sluttery Blog and though that I would give it a go. …
Read MoreAdvent: 9th December Christmas tree festival
A lovely display of trees again this year – 37 trees and 37 charities. This years theme was to think outside the box and there certainly were some lovely and unusual entries. The festival closes at 4.00pm today so you still have time to get to All saints church in Shipdham if you are…
Read MoreAdvent: 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…
Read MoreAdvent: 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…
Read MoreAdvent 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!
Read MoreAdvent 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…
Read MoreAdvent 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. …
Read MoreAdvent 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…
Read MoreAdvent Blog: 2nd December – The Carbrooke Nativity
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…
Read MoreAdvent Blog: 1st December – Christmas shopping
So another year…another Christmas… another Advent Blog. Today was a good day – after watching my daughter Reya play football in the freezing cold (and score a cracking goal!) we hit the shops in Norwich to start our Christmas shopping. I meant to put in a camera but forgot so had to make do with…
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